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Musei Petiveriani
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Exemplar for centuries one (pages 3-16), four and five (pages 33-48), and eight (pages 65-80) from Bodleian Library copy, and centuries two and three (pages 17-32), six and seven (pages 49-64), and nine and ten (pages 81-93) based on British Library copy
Petiver, James Musei Petiveriani London Ex Officina Samuel Smith & Benjamin Walford 1695-1703
Auctarium
Musaei Balfouriani,
E Musaeo Sibbaldiano
Sive
Enumeratio & Descriptio
Rerum Rairiorum, tam Naturalium
quam Artificialium; tam Domesticae
rum quam Exoticarum; Quas RO-
BERTUS
SIBBALDUS M. D. E-
ques Auratus, Academia; Edinbur-
genae donavit.
Quae quasi Manuductio brevis est, ad
Historiam Naturalem.
Psal. CIV.
O quam multa sunt opera tua Jival?qua
cuncta Sapienter fecisti, cujus rerum
plena tellus est. EDINBURGI,
Impressum per Academiae Typograe
phum, Sumptibus Academiae, 1697. Librum hunc cui Titulus Auctarium Mu-
saei Belfouriani, omnibus, praesertim
Rerum, Naturalium Curiosis, Lectu jucun-
dum, ac Gratissimum futurum recte judi-
cantes, dignum idcirco Censermus Typis
Impressus in Publicum prodeat. Th. Burnet Praeses. R. M. C.
E. Eizatt Censor, R. M. C. ERRATA.
Praefat. pag. 10. lin. 9. adde vel Aqua-
tilibus. p. 14. lin. penult. lege, Macte.
pro Mactae, p. 183. lin. 23. lege Sillock
pro Skellock. p. 215. lin. 5. adde, Folio.
Atque hoc graviora Errata sunt; literarum
transpolitiones, redundantly, out defeEtus,
Punctorum notations, & quae eorum incu-
ria acciderunt qui praelo prospexere, ex
senfu facila corrigunrur. SENATUI SENATUI
Populoque Edinbargene,
HANC
Auctarii
Musaei Balfouriani
Descriptionem,
In Animi ob Honores Collatos Grati
[Greek]
D. D. L. M. Q.
Robertus' Sibbaldus PRÆFATIO ( ) PRÆFATIO
Ad Lectorem. Riusquam opus ipsum aggrediar, Lector Benevole, Quedam mibi præsanda sunt de Museis, & de hujus præser-
tim Musai Origine & usu: commo-
daque Operis Distributie tradenda est. Muscum Gallis, une Cabinet dicitur, Ita-
lis Studio, Nostratibus a Studie. Certe, Vox propriè signisicat quodvis Conclave, Rebusrario-
ribus & Pretiosioribus, sive Naturà sive Arte elaboratis, servandis destinatum. Extant per Europam varia hujusmodi Musaa, Que ali-
qua tantum ex his continent, ut Picturas, vel Nummos Antiquos, vel Artificia Rariora, Qua-
dam Plantas solum ChArtif assixas, Quædam sola Mineralia; & ex bis nonnulla Lapides tantum sigurâ aut Materia commendatos, Qua-
dam Animalia tantùm, & ex his quædam so-
la Testacea tenent. Sed id Nomen plerumque obtinent ea Gazophylacia, seu conclavia in qui-
bus magna curd, Rariora quævis Nature & Artif Opera, & Veneranda antiquitatis Monu-
menta Præfatio ad Lectorem.
menta congesta & pulchro ordine, pro ejusmodi
rerum, Curiosorum usu & oblectamento disposi-
ta sunt. Ingenuarum quidem Voluptatum nulla est,
quæ cum bâc, vel suavitate, vel utilitate con-
serri possit, si Materiæ Dignitatem, & multes
in Humana Vità usus ejus spectes; & tamen
constat omnibus, boc ipso currente Sæculo &
natum esse, hujus Elegantiæ Studium, & ad
banc Amplitudinem, quam nunc miramur per-
ductum. Et sanè hujus studii excolendi Authores
Itali suerunt. Quorum primus Ulisses Aldro-
vandus in Historiâ Naturali versatissimus, pri-
mum ejusmodi Musæum instruxit,omni materiâ,
quæ faceret ad naturalem Historiam illustran-
dam, Ornatum; Quod curâ summâ Bononiæ in
Ædibus publicis conservatur. Quamvis edita
tantum sit sub Nomine Musæi Metallici, ea pars
que Mineralia & Metalla rariora exbibet;
Quam equidem partem, susissimè tractando mi-
rè ornavit. Hunc secutus est Franciscus Calceolarius
Junior, qui Musæum à Patre suo inchoatum,
insigniter auxit, & quicquid rarum singulareq
de suo penu Natura deprompserat; magnis im-
pensis, ex Variis Regionibus congessit, tam mul-
tiplice rerum Naturalium Supellectile potitus, ut
Primarii etiam Italiæ Principes, imitatione per-
nobili, exemplum sibi inde babere voluerint, ut sua Præfatio ad Lectorem.
sua Conclavia rebus omnibus, quas in se habe-
ret Natura, ad Miraculum locupletarent: suit
enim Calceolarii Musæum ut ex descriptione
apparet maximè, rebus naturalibus rarioribus
ditissimè instructum, id autem Viri doctißimi
Benedictus Cerutus & Andreas Chioccus
egregiè descripsere, & siguris illustratum anno
1622. In lucem edidere; quod illorum Opus
magno in pretio apud omnes doctos ubique ter-
rarum habetur. Calceolarium longo temporis intervallo see
cutus est Ludovicus Moscardus, scriptis il-
lustribus clarus, cujus Musæum Linguâ Italicâ
in Lucem prodiit anno hujus sæculi 56. In quo
licet plurima Rariora Naturæ Opera conspici-
antur, excellit tamen in venerande Antiqui-
tatis Monumentis, in quibus quotquot edita sunt,
etiam ad hunc diem, Musæa longè superat. Non enim descriptiones tantum ejusmodi re-
rum habet, sed & nobiles siguras apponit, quæ
easdem omnium Oculis sistant. Anno Currentis sæculi 64. Paulus Maria
Terzagus summâ cum Eloquentiâ descripsit &
Dissertationibus de rebus quibusdam Naturalibus
illustravit Musæum Nobilis Viri, Manfredi
Septalii, Viri Doctissimi Ludovici Septalii,
filii dignissimi. Hoc Musæum rebus omnis Ge-
neris Rarioribus abundans, Artefactis excellit,
quibus reliqua Musæa multis Parasangis ex-
superat. Anno Præfatio ad Lectorem.
Anno 1677. Laurentius Legatus, Italicâ
Linguâ, descripsit Musæum illustrissimi Viri
Ferdinandi Cospi Marchionis Petrioli, an-
nexum Musæo Aldrovandino, Munisicentiâ ejus-
dem Marchionis, in Patriæ suæ usum quod
Musæum omni Laude dignum est quod Res quas-
cunque Rariores; tam Naturales, quàm Artifi-
ciales; tam Veteres quam Modernas, contineat. Anno denique hujus sæculi 78. Georgius de
Sepibus, Valesius, Musæum Romani Collegii
Societatis Tesu, celeberrimum Luci exposuit. Id
autem magnâ Rei antiquariæ, Statuarum, Ima-
ginum, Picturarumque parte instruxerat Al-
phonsus Doninus S. P. Q. R. a Secretis ; A-
thanasius autem Kircherus novis & varis in-
ventis, & complurium Principum Curiosis Do
nariis magno rerum Rariorum Apparatu locu-
pletaverat; adeo ut peregrinarum Linguarum
& Regnorum Monumentis, & Instrumentis
Mathematicis, novisque Machinis, edita quæ-
que Musæa excellat. Nec solis Italis debetur Gloria quod Musæa
sua ita ornaverint, dissundente enim se Histo-
riæ naturalis studio, atque omnes literati Orbis
partes pervagante: Varia per reliquas Europe
Regiones Musæa erecta fuere. Illustrissimus Ga-
sto Dux Aurelianensis, Ludovici xiii. Gal-
lici Regis Frater, Summus Historiæ Naturalis
promotor, non solum Hortum Celebrem Blæsis sed Præfatio ad Lectorem. sed & Nobile Musæum rebus naturæ rarioribus
instructissimum, ibidem in palatio suo construxit. Sed nec in Galliis inter Principes viros stetit
hujus elegantiæ studium, privati etiam id prose-
quuti sunt; anno namq; 1628. editus est Liber
Pauli Contant Pharmacopæi Pictaviensis Gal-
lico idomate Scriptus, boc Titulo, Le Jardin
& Cabinet Poetique, in quo ejusmodi res
ibidem contentæ siguris illustratæ, elegante car-
mine describuntur. Multum tamen cedit Itali-
cis enarratis hoc Musæum, quod non nisi pauca
admodum rariora contineat. Simile Musæolum anno 1616. in Germaniâ
adornaverat Basilius Beslerus, Noribergensis
Pharmacopæus, ob figurarum elegantiam memo-
ndum, id, fasciculum vocavit rariorum & a-
ectu dignorum varii Generis, quæ ipse collegit
& suis impensis Æri ad vivum incidi curavit,
atque evulgavit. Anno 1655. Wilhelmus Wormius, Mu-
sæum Wormianum ab Olao Wormio Patre suo
viro Doctissimo adornatum, iconibus etiam va-
riis illustratum edidit, opus in hoc genere per-
fectum, optimâ methodo digestum & summo ju-
dicio limatum, in quo eminent egregiæ rerum ra-
riorum descriptiones. Ex Artefactis quidem pau-
ca adsunt, sedque reperiuntur rariora sunt. Apud Anglos Ioannes Tradescant, suum
Musæum evulgavit, anno 1656, Quod insig-
 B nem Præfatio ad Lectorem.
nem continet rerum naturalium varietatem, com-
munibus appellationibus designatam sine ullâ de-
scriptione. Londini etiam egregium Musæum in-
struxit D. Gulielmus Carleton Medii Templi,
è rebus ad Historiam Naturalem pertinentibus,
conchis præsertim & nummis rarioribus quæ in
suis peregrinationibus, magnis impensis paravit.
Oxonii etiam habetur Musæum Ashmolianum
apud Doctos Celebre. Sed inter Musæa, ut inter stellas Luna mino-
res, eminet maxime Musæum Regiæ Societatis
quod Clarissimus Vir Nehemias Grew Linguâ
Anglicanâ descripsit. In hoc multo plura ad
Historiam Naturalem pertinentia quàm in ullis
aliis Musæis reperiuntur; insignes etiam rariorum
que ibi habentur descriptiones & Elegantissimas
Figuras adjecit Dominus Grew, Historiæ Na-
turalis peritissimus; & quamvis quibusdam ex
enerratis Musæis in Artefactis & Antiquis Mo-
numentis cedat, rerum tamen naturalium rari-
orum numero & descriptionum ansißiæ, om-
nibus (quæ vidi) præferendum videtur. Anno 1677. Joachimus Bockenhofferus
Elogium edidit Musæi Brackenhofferani sub no-
mine Musæi Brackenhosseriani delineati, in quo
rerum ibi conservatarum varias Classes percur-
rit, singulorum descriptionem D. Eliæ Bracken-
hoffer Reipublicæ Argentoratensis quindecem-
viro possessori ejus, relinquens. Anno Præfatio ad Lectorem.
Anno denique 1695. Jacobus Petiver Phar-
macopæus Londinensis edidit in lucem, Musæi
Petiveriani Centuriam primam, in quâ haben-
tur rariora quidam à nemine prius scripta. Paulus etiam Harmannus Celeberrimus Pro-
fessor rei Botanicæ in Academiâ Lugduno-Ba-
tava, Musæum Zeilanicum instruxit ex rario-
ribus Plantis & Animalibus in Insulâ Zeilan à
se observatis, quæ Phialis Chimico quodam spiritu
plenis incluserat, siguras etiam delineaverat ple-
rorumq; quas æri incidi voluit: cujus Musæi
editio ab omnibus curiosis expetitur. Ut taceam nunc Catalogum rariorum que vel
in horto Medico Lugduno-Batavo vel in domo
Anatomicâ ibidem servantur, ea etiam quâ in
Musæo Fuiereniano (cujus meminit Th: Bar-
tholinus in Cistâ Medicâ) vel in Musæo ipsius
Th: Bartholini reperiuntur, quòd nuda rario-
rum quorundam nomina habeant. Tempus est ut
quædam addam de Musæi Balfouriani origine,
& de Scrinio Sibbaldiano ei annexo, deque
usu quem rerum ejusmodi curiosis præstare pote-
rint. Primus qui in Patriâ nostrâ ejusmodi Musæ-
um erexit, is fuit D. Andreas Balfourius Me-
dicine Doctor, Eques Auratus, non ita pridem
magno rei Literariæ detrimento nobis ereptus.
Is bono publico natus, inter multa erga Rempub-
licam literarum beneficia, postquam primas par-
 B2 tes Præfatio ad Lectorem.
tes habuisset in horto Medico Edinburgensi eri-
gendo, anno hujus seculi septuagesimo animum
ad Cimeliarchium in suis Ædibus instruendum
applicuit & viginti trium annorum spatio, quo
supervixit, id ad eam quam nunc conspicimus
amplitudinem perduxit:certè qui id accuratè per-
penderint, non inviti fatebuntur, id vel præ-
stantissimis Musæis enarratis æquiparari posse,
quòd ingentem Thesaurum contineat cum rerum
naturalium rariorum, tum Artificiosarum &
Monumentorum vetustatis. Ejus exemplo per-
motus Robertus Sibbaldus Medicine Doctor
& Eques etiam Auratus, à longo tempore res na-
turales rariores, præsertim domesticas & indi-
genas congerere cæpit & harum non temnendum
numerum obtinuit: cujus etiam munificentiâ
auctarium ejusmodi rerum (quod hic explicatur)
Musæo Balfouriano annexum est. Et speran-
dum est (cum nunc vigere apud nos incipiat
res naturales rariores jndagandi studium) ejus
imitatione, omnes ingenuarum Artium fautores
ad hoc Musæum (quodnunc in publicum usum
in Bibliothecâ Edinburgensi asservatur) quoti-
die augendum conspiraturos. Quid enim quæ-
so veræ Philosophiæ studium magis promovere
potest, quàm nosse Historiam Lapidum, Metallo-
rum, Plantarum, Animalium, cæterorumque
quæ in hisce Musæis conservantur, quorum es
adeo jucunda varietas? Sanè Democritus, A-
ristoteles, Præfatio ad Lectorem.
ristoteles, Theophrastus aliique magni viri,
quorum eruditio tanti æstimatur, cum ista per-
quirerent, Philosophiam non parum excolebant,
ut qui Magistrâ rerum experientiâ & observa-
tione omnia prosequebantur. Hisce similes ut
nos evadamus, res ipsas speculari neceße est.
Quod optimè concessum est in Musæis istis, quæ
veluti ipsius Naturæ, Artifque Officinæ sunt, in
quibus utriusque opes stupendâ omnium oculis
exponuntur. Ut autem Tyrones id facilius asse-
quantur, in Scrinio Sibbaldiano contenta enar-
randa censuimus, quod illud Musæi Balfouria-
ni quasi compendium quoddam sit, ut brevi hac
introductione veluti per vestibulum manuducan-
tur ad ingentis illius Thesauri notitiam. Quod
qua licet brevitate & perspicuitate exsequemur:
ab ignobilioribus & minùs persectis ad Nobilio-
ra & perfectiora progrediendo. Ita enim fa-
cilius discentur et melius retinebuntur in propri-
as Classes digesta. Hac igitur methodo quæ à
simplicioribus ad magis composita ascendit, ra-
riora in Scrinio Sibbaldiano asservata ad qua-
tuor Classes commodissimè reducuntur. Sunt au-
tem hæ Fossilium, Vegetabilium, Animalium,
& eorum quæ ex his & circa hæc ars elabo-
ravit. Fossilia in media Mineralia, Lapides &
Metalla dividuntur. Quibus, ob materiæ affi-
nitatem, Marina dicta adjiciuntur; & hæc Libro
prime traduntur. In Præfatio ad Lectorem.
In secundà Claße habentur Vegetabilia ra-
riora, à Plantis, earumque Radicibus, Cortici-
bus, Lignis, Fructibusque desumpta: Quibus
Plantæ Marinæ subjiciuntur; & hæc in secun-
do Libro reperiuntur. Tertiam Classem constituunt rariora ex Unt-
malibus petita, eaque vel ab Hominibus, vel
Quadrupedibus, vel Serpentibus, vel Avibus
vel ab Insectis; & hæc tertio Libro enarrantur. Ultimam Classem faciunt Artificiosa, ad
varias Disciplinas & Artes pertinentia, quibus
accedunt Manuscripta & Libri quidam rariores,
que quarto Libri enumerantur. Singulorum autem nomina apponuntur cùm
Latina quæ apud Authores occurrunt, qui Hi-
storiam Naturalem scribunt, tùm in Linguâ no-
strâ vernaculâ maximè accommodata. Que-
rundam etiam quæ non sunt scripta (quod sci-
am) breves descriptiones afferuntur: Et Au-
thores citantur, apud quos habentur nonnullorum
optimæ figuræ. Operi etiam præmittitur Index Au-
thorum quibus in eo construendo usi sumus;
ut Lectores sciant, qui sunt consulendi & ut uberi-
orem de ejusmodi rebus tractatum inveniant. Stilo autem quamvis non ita puro & copioso,
claro tamen & cuivis Lectori intelligibili cuncta,
quædam etiam Linguâ vernaculâ explicantur.
Tu Lector benevole magis rerum momenta, quàm Orationis Præfatio ad Lectorem.
Orationis Phaleras respicies. Quæque ab animo
commodi tui cupido prosecta sunt, boni consules. Ingredere igitur Lector benevole hoc vestibu-
lum in quo cùm ipsius naturæ Majestatem varie-
tatem & Artificium, tùm summi ipsius Artificis
Sapientiam, Potentiam & Bonitatem cernere
poteris, quem ut ritè cognoscamus, purâque men-
te colamus & toto animo diligamus, in hoc Mun-
di Theatrum producti sumus. Ut levidense hoc Opus, in sui nominis glori-
am, præstantissimæ Civitatis Edinburgenæ
ornamentum, & Almæ Matris Academiæ decus
& emolumentum cedat, faxit Deus Optimus Ma-
ximus. Vale. INDEX 1 ( 1 ) INDEX
Authorum
Quibus usi sumus in hoc
opere.
A
Academie of Sciences at Paris, their Me-
moirs for the Natural History of
Animals.
Academiæ Curiosorum Germaniæ Epheme-
rides.
Acosta Christophoro, della Historiâ, Natura
& Virtu delli Droghe Medici-
nali, & altri simplici rarissimi,
che Vengono portati dalle Indie
Orientali in Europa.
Agricola de re Metallicà & Naturâ Sub-
terraneorum.
C Aldro- 2
2 Index.
Aldrovandi Historia Animalium
de monstris Liber
Musæum Metallicum
Dendrologia.
Alpinus Prosper de Plantis exoticis
de Balfamo.
Amstelodamenses Observationes de Piscibus
Aristotelis Historia de animalibus
de partibus Animalium.
Augustini (Leonardi) Gemmæ antiquæ depictæ.
B.
Baccius de Gemmis
de Unicornu.
Historia della Gran Bestia.
Balduinus de Calceo.
Barbosa, concerning the separating of Metals
from Ores.
Bartholini (Th:) Acta Hofniensia.
Cista Medica.
de Unicornu.
Bauhini (Caspari) Pinax.
de Bezoar.
Bauhini (Io:) Historia Plantarurn.
Historia Fontis Bollensis.
Bellonii Historia Avium.
de Aquatilibus.
Besler Fasciculus Rariorum.
Boccone Icones & descriptiones rariorum
Plantarum. Recher
3 Index. 3
Recherches & Observations Na-
turelles.
Boetii de Boet Gemmarum & Lapidum Hi-
storia.
Bonnani recreatio Mentis & Oculi in ob-
servatione Animalium Testaceo-
rum.
Breinii Centuria rariorum Plantarum.
Brockenhofferianum Musæum.
C.
Calceolarii Musæum.
Cæsalpinus de Plantis.
de Metallis.
Cambden his description of Britain, with the
Additions, published in the year, 1695.
Caneparius de Atramentis cujuscunque ge-
neris.
Castellus Petrus de Hyenâ Odoriferâ.
de Chrysopo.
de Opobalsamo.
Charleton Onomasticon Zoicon.
Chissletii Anastasis Childerici Francorum
Regis.
De Choul la Religion des anciens Romains.
Clusii Exotica
Rariorum Plantarum Historia.
Columnæ Fabii Phytobasanos
Minùs cogitarum stirpium Ec-
C 2 phrasis 4
4 Index.
phrasis de Aquatilibus aliisque
purpura.
Le Compte Louis, Memoirs and Observations
made in a Journey through China.
Constant (Paul) Jardin & Cabinet Poetique.
Cospiano Musæo
D.
Dampier his Voyage.
Dapper description de l' Afrique.
F.
Farnesianus Hortus.
Ferrante Imperato Historia Naturale.
Fragosi Historia Medicamentorum ex utrâ-
que Indiâ.
G.
Gedartius de Insectis in methodum à Mar-
tino Lister redactus.
Gesneri Historia Animalium.
de Lapidum Figuris.
Gilbertus de Magnete.
Graindorge de l'origine des Macreuses.
Grew, his Anatomy of Plants.
Musæum Regalis Societatis.
H.
Halcluyt, his Voyages, 2. Vol.
Harduini Nummi Antiqui Populorum &
Urbium.
Hermanni 5 Index. 5
Hermanni Hortus Lugduno-Batavus.
Hernandez, nova Plantarum, Animalium, &
Mineralium Mexicanorum Hi-
storia.
Hoffmannus de Medicamentis Officinalibus.
Hook, his Micrographia.
Hughs, his American Physician.
I.
Jonstoni Historia Naturalis Animalium
Dendrologia.
Notitia Regni Mineralis.
Josselyn his New-Englands rarities discovered.
K.
Kircheri Mundus Subterraneus
China Illustrata
Magnes sive de arte Magneticâ
L.
De Læt, Americæ utriusque descriptio
de Gemmis & Lapidibus.
Lachmund Oructographia Hildesheimiensis.
Liceti Litheosphorus.
Lister Historia Animalium Angliæ
Appendix ad Hist: Anim: Angl:
de Aquis Medicatis Angliæ
exercitatio Anatomica de Cochleis
Terrestribus & Limacibus.
Altera Exerc: Anat: de Buccinis
Fluviatilibus & Marinis.
Tertia 6 6 Index.
Tertia de Bivalvibus utriusque aquæ
Historia sive Synopsis methodica
Conchiliorum, 2 Vol.
M.
Malpighii Anatome Plantarum.
de Bombice.
Malabaricus hortus.
Major: Io: Daniel: Doctrinæ de testaceis in
ordinem redactæ specimen.
Dictionarium Ostracologicum.
Notæ in Fab: Columnam de pur.
purà.
Margravii Historia rerum Naturalium Bra-
filiæ.
Maierus (Michael) de volucri Arboreâ.
Mentzelii Index nominum Plantarum Mul-
tilinguis.
Merret Pinax rerum Britanicarum.
Morisoni Historia Plantarum.
Mofcardo Mufæo.
Moufeti Insectorum Theatrum.
N.
Nievbovii legatio Batavica ad magnum
Tartariæ Chamum.
Navigation aux Indes Orientales par les
Hollandois.
Occonis (Adolphi) Numismata. Olearius 8 Index. 7
Olearius Voyages of the Holstein Ambassadors.
Oiselii Numismata.
Ogilvy his description of America.
Oppianus de Piscibus.
P.
Patini (Caroli) numismata Imperatorum Rom.
Familiæ Romanæ.
Introductio ad Historiam Numis-
matum.
Piso (Gul:) de Indiæ utriusq; re Naturali &
Medicâ.
Pauli (Simonis) quadripartitum Botanicum.
Petiveriani Mufæi Centuria prima.
Plinii Historia Naturalis.
Plot, his Natural History of Oxford-shire,
of Stafford-shire.
Pope Blount his Natural History.
Purchass, his Pilgrims, 4 Vol:
his Pilgrimage, 1 Vol:
R.
Raius de Quadrupedibus & Serpentibus
Historia Plantarum, 2 Vol:
His Travels,
Discourse concerning the Chaos, the
Deluge and Dissolution of the World.
Rawwolf his Itinerarie into the East Countries.
Redi Experimenta circa Generationem In-
sectorum. Rochfort 8 8 Index.
Rochfort Histoir Naturelle & Morale des
Antilles de l'Amerique.
Rondoletius de Piscibus.
de Aquatilibus.
S.
Salviani Historia Animalium Aquatilium.
Schonveldius de Piscibus.
Scaligeri Julii Exercitationes in Cardanum
Commentarius in Aristotelem, de
Historiâ Animalium,
de partibus Animalium.
Schrokii Historia Moschi.
Septalianum Musæum.
Sibbaldi Scotia Illustrata.
Scotia Antiqua.
Scotia Moderna.
Phalainologia.
Observationes de Aquatilibus
Scotiæ.
Additions to Cambden.
Sloan Catalogus Plantarum in Insulâ Ja-
maicâ.
Society-Royal, the History of it,
the Transactions.
Spanhemius de usu, præstantiâ et dignitate
Numismatum.
Span (Jacque) Voyage.
Suamerdame Histoir generale des Insects.
Sutherlandi hortus Edinburgensis.
De Sepibus (Georgii) Musæum Collegii Roma-
ni, S. J. T. Index. 9 Tagautius de purgantibus Medicamentis.
Tempesta (Ant:) Racolta di Animali Quadrupedi
disegnati et intagliati.
Thevenet his Voyages.
Tradescantianum Musæum.
Taverniers Voyages.
Tyson his Phocana
Vipera Caudisona Americana.
W.
Wallace his description of Orkney.
Webster upon Mettals.
Willoughbei Ornithologia.
Historia Piscium.
Woodward his Essay towards a Natural Hi-
story of the Earth, and Terrestrial
Bodies, especially Minerals.
Brief instructions for making of Observations in
all parts of the World; as also, for
preserving and sending over Natu-
ral things.
Wottenus de disserentiis Animalium.
Wormii (Olai) Musæum.
V.
Vailant numismata Imperatorum.
Viaggi di Pietro della Valle.
Voyages by severals to the South and North,
published 1694.
D Voyage 1010 Index.
Voyage de Siam.
Index.
Ursini Fulvii Illustrium Imagines.
De Vera (Gerardi) descriptio trium Navi-
gationum ad Septentrionem.
Z.
Zanoni Historia Botanica.
CARMINA 11 ( 11 ) CARMINA

In laudem Authoris.
Nelite Morborum Victor, memorande minister Herbarum, Medice docte repertor opis. Magnenecis domitor, cui se mortalia debent corpora, cui victas mors dat acerba manus. Cujus in arbitrio est animas revocare labantes atque salutifera fistere fata manu. Quidtibi pro meritis reseret? quo munere nomen vindicet à letho, Scotia grata tuum? Illa triumphalem statuet tibi marmoris arcum & struet in laudes magna trophæa tuas. In medio pingeris ovans, & tempora circum cinget bonoratas laurea vitta comas. Adstabunt lateri Podalyrius atque Machaon & quicunque tuis præstat Apollo (cbolis. Alma salus currum, faustis deducet habenis toties vestram perdita sensit opem. . . Pallida 12 ( 12 )
Pallida post tergum manibus mors vincta sequetur,
ponet & ante tuos spicula fracta pedes.
Eversumq; trabens feretrum, falcemque facesque,
per te successum non habuisse, gemet.
Mæsta sepulchrales stabunt procul agmina morbi,
nec peraget partes ille, vel ille suas.
Pingetur Febris nimios exuta calores,
quæ didicit leges sæpe subire tuas.
Indulgenso; suis pariter languoribus Hydrops
fertiles, & propriis luxuriosus aquis.
Et laceras discincta ferens Dementia vestes,
& amp; Podagra incurvo vix benè firma gradu.
Cunctaque quæ terris Pandora è pixide quondam
fudit in humanum perniciosa genus.
His super effictus curru victore fereris
arduus, excelfâ vectum in astra rotâ.
cecinit N. S.
Aliud
Magne vetustatis quæstor qui vindice pennâ
asseris historiæ grande perennis opus.
Multa Caledonio debet licet inclita vati
Scotia, debebit plus tamen illa tibi.
Ille suis tantum chartis ab origine Gentis
Scotorum celebrat fortia facta ducum.
Multa tui longe celebrant majora labores
spernere letbæas que dedicere minas. Facundi 13 ( 13 )
Facundi Annales, patribus qui plurima nostris
ignorata, novum lumen inire dabunt.
Nam quid usq; feret Regio, quibus utile agris
aut Medicis crescit sedibus herba docent.
Quis locus Arboribus celeber, quis campus aratro
fertilu, aut pecori quis fit amicus ager.
Quæ Cali, quæ certa Solinatura, situsque
aptaque qua Pelagi Portubus unda jacet.
Fossile quâ venas abstruso in viscere condit terra feras quales, quos alit illa viros, Que populum leges, que patres jura coercent, quis superis, clero quis tribuatur honor. Quis pacis, quis nempe fori, quis Martis ad arma natus;& Heroes que peperere domus. Denique quas merces, peregrinas mittat in oras
Scotia, vel peregrè que reserantur opes.
Omnia divinè monumentis eruta priscis
tersa nitent calamo feriptor opime tuo.
Scotia nunc Scotis, quondam vix, cognita, dotes
& proprias vires & numerabit opes.
Idque tibi acceptum referet, quod seque suosque
nunc legat, in patriâ qui prius hospes erat.

Aliud

Cum in Academiâ Edinburgenâ
Primus Medicine Professor inauguraretur.
Grande 14 ( 14 )
Grande Caledonii columen Sibbalde Lycei decus Albiones, deliciaque tua. Cujus Hyperboreas mulcet facundia gentes feriptaque perpetues digna videre dies. Aspicis ut linquunt antiqua palatia Mufa Bellerophonteis sepe rigata vadis. Et tibi pro meritis justos gratantur honores & tibi perpetuum dantque voventque decus Ecce tibi Aoniis comitata fororibus octo floribus exornat Calliopea caput.
Altera caruled crines circundat Olivd, altera Castalias leta ministrat aquas. Tantaque bonorandi cura est, ingentibus ardent officium donis accumulare tuum. Hec laudat mores, operosos illa labores quos tibi de vend divite penna legit. Illa triumphata portans gestamina mortis arbitrium vitæ dat tibi, datque necis. Hæc tibi dat Medica toties folatia dextre & quæcunque potens herba ministrat opem. Has inter medius Scoti tibi facra Lycei limina & Aonias pandit Apollo Fores. Malta animis vir magne! necis post fata superstes non moritura tibi gloria sternit iter. ACCEDE 15 ( 15 ) ACCEDE
Quicunq; rerum rariora desiderio teneris,
Hic menti tuæ spectandum aperiet
Liber
Quod oculis tibi lustrare datum est Nature Artisque Theatrum:
Hic reperies id quod tibi domesticum est, & quod apud exteros quæris. Hæc fi perpenderis, discedes Doctior est enim HOC SCRINIUM Nature Artisque Genio Sacrum, slagnity Quod mine
Ut omnibus curiosis publicè utile fit,
Alma Matriming Academiæ Edinburgene
Donavit
DS. ROBERTUS SIBBALDUS Medicine Doctor & Eques Auratus, Caroli Secundi, & Jacobi Septimi, Regum Medicus. idir
ordine te ducet, & primùm é admiranda Nature,
deinceps inventa 16 ( 16 )
inventa Artis, postremò rem Antiquariam, tibi offendet.
age ergo,
& cum Authore, fi libet, descende in terræ viscera,
Qualiaque essodiantur ex iifdem
contemplare
MINERALIA quæ vocant MEDIA, LAPIDES,
&
METALLA.
In regnum Vegetabile, mas tunc te deducet; in M
& ut penitus observes singula hehu in terra oh and JU te primùm circumducet ; * dein deinmobA ad Maris Littus, Simò
an Mare ipsum, an fine periculo vita, m tibi viam aperiet.
Naturâ parente producta, impe PLANTARUM 17 ( 17 )
PLANTARUM, FRUCTUUMQUE MIRACULA. Deinceps
Tibi Monstrabit
ANIMALIA RARIORA
BIPEDA, QUADRUPEDA, VOLATILIA, REPENTIA, NATANTIA.
posteà ab ARTE, Naturæ imitatrice, Inventa & imitata, PICTURAS,
INSTRUMENTA,
Variis Artibus infervientia. LIBROS,
&
MANU-SCRIPTA EXIMIA. Venerande Antiquitatis MONUMENTA,
LAPIDES INSCRIPTOS, NUMMOS,
ex
Argento,
ex
MSU Ere, Veteres:
Modernos etiam quofdam Peregrinos.
tu
intereà, MI HOSPES, rogaris,
qui bonique confulas E Hanc 18 ( 18 )
Hanc qualemcunque delineationem: tu vero MOME, hic habes
Nigrum Loliginis succum,
quo Maledicendi fitim excites,
&
Tribulos etiam & Echinos, quibus
Dentes exerceas.
AUCTARIUMUM

19 ( 19 ) AUCTARIUM
Musæi Balfouriani LIBER PRIMUS
De Fossilibus rarioribus SECTIO PRIMA.
De mediis Mineralibus rarioribus.
MULTAMulta in Gremio suo, veluti in
utero Fæcundissimo, in usus
Hominum fovet & alit Terra
Mater, quæ Fossilia vocantur,
quòd pleraque ex iis è Terræ
visceribus hominum labore effodiantur. Qui-
busdam, ea Metallica dicuntur, à potiore spe-
cie Metallis nempe. Hæc autem Fossilia in Media Mineralia,
Lapides & Metalla dividuntur: de quibus in
hoc primo Libro agendum: additis etiam
Marinis ejusmodi substantiis, ob affinita-
tem, licet ea, vel in mari vel ejus littore ut
olurimùm reperiantur. E 2 Media 20 20 Liber Primus, Media autem Mineralia dicuntur ea, quæ
mediam quasi Naturam habent inter Lapi-
des & Metalla; & sunt Terræ, Sales, Sul-
phura, Bitumina; Quæ primam Sectionem
primi Libri constituunt, ea autem in totidem
Capita distribuemus, facto, secundum me-
thodum, in præfatione propsitam, a terris,
ut simplicioribus & ignobilioribus, initio. CAPUT PRIMUM,
De Terris rarioribus.
Of Earths. PErPer Terram, hoc in loco, non intelligi-
mus eam quæ serendis Plantis ac fru-
gibus apta est, quæ vulgo Terra vocatur,
sed corpus Fossile, naturæ Mineralis parti-
ceps, quod injectâ aquâ solvitur & lutum
sit. Et hæc quidem terra in eam dividitur,
quæ Artificibus, & in eam quæ Medicis, in-
servit. Quâdam namque Figuli & Plastæ, Fabri,
Pictores & Fullones utuntur; Alia à Medicis
potissimùm in usum trahitur. Artifices Argillis & Cretis maximè utun-
tur. Argilla 21 de FossibusFossilibus rarioribus. 21 Argilla autem est terra tenax, quæ in par-
tem quamcunque ducta, non abrumpitur;
ex hâc siunt vasa, signa, statuæ, quamlibet
enim figuram recipere, apta nata est. Ex
his rariores in hoc Scrinio sunt. Porcellana, ex China ad nos delata, de eâ
optimè scribit Ludovicus le Compte in Epi-
stolis, de itinere suo Chinensi, nuper editis. Creta, Chalk, terra est candore præstans,
et eodem colore, alia insicere apta, quæ ad
expoliendum mundandum et colorandum
usurpatur ad cretas revocatur. Terra Cimolia, à Cimolo, insulâ Maris Æ-
gei, sic nuccupata, à quo loco, op-
tima advehebatur. Modicè est pin-
guis, rara & mollis, cui nihil are-
nosum subest. Hæc autem nostra
ex Argatheliâ Scotiæ Provinciâ est
delata. Fullonibus multùm expe-
tita & ob eam rationem vocatur
terra Fullonica. Ejusdemque speciei videtur cum
eâ quæ Wormio Smectis, seu terra
Saponaria Anglica dictur. Nobis
Fullers Earth. Hujus exterior pars
ad colorem ex albo cinereum in-
clinat; confracta, album promit in-
tus colorem. Rubrica Fabrilis nostras, Synopica olim di-
cta, 22 22 Liber Primus, cta, the marking-stone, Rudle or Reddle
and red Ocre, nobis Keel vocatur.
Hac Legum tituli notabantur. Nigrica Fabrilis nostras, Merreto black Lead
dicta, ex Scotiâ Boreali delata, no-
bis, dicitur Keelaveine. Ad naturam
Metallicam accedere videtur. Ochra nostras, Plinio & aliis Sil dicta; nobis,
Yellow Ochre. Some of it is found in
hard pieces like stones, which may be
gotten in many places. Some in a a fine
Powder, which coloureth what it touch-
eth; the best I have seen of this is found
in Fife, a little above Aberdour. Terra quædam nigra; Vitriolica nostras, an
PnigitesPingites Wormii? Pinguis est, spis-
sa, mollis, obscuri coloris, A Vi-
triolick Earth of a dark colour, taken
out of a spot of earth upon the shore,near
to DumfreisDumfries; it was sent to me by my
Friend Doctor Archibald Physician
there. Argilla Cinerea nostras, a sort of grayish
Marle found in the Laird of Dausin-
ton's Ground; it was given to me by
Dausinton. Bolus Lævis (Saponi-similis) nostras, a sort of
Bole like to Castile-Soap, found in this
Countrey, given to me by my Friend the Reverend 23 de Fossilibus rarioribus. 23 Reverend Mr. Kirkton: This is whi-
tish, and feels as smooth as Castile Soap. Terra Cinerea, Amaricans nostras, an earth
of an Ashie colour, of a bitter taste,
said to contain Niter in it: found in
a Quarry near this City. Pulvis Talcoides Aurei coloris nostras an
eadem quæ D. Grew dicitur, a Sandy
substance, of a Gold colour, found near
DumfreisDumfries, and sent to me from thence.
This with the three following, seem to
partake of the nature of Tale; they give
their colour to what they touch. Pulvis Argentei coloris nostras, a Powder of
a Silver colour, found in this Coun-
trey. Pulvis viridis coloris nostras, a Powder of a
green colour, found here. Pulvis rubri coloris nostras, a Powder of a
red colour, found in this Countrey. Pulvis cærulei coloris nostras, a Powder of a
blue colour, found in the West Coun-
trey, said to contain Copper. Pulvis Albus ponderosus nostras; an Steno-
marga sive saxi Medulla Agricolæ,
Ferrandi Imperati Agaricus Mine-
ralis, quibusdam Lac Lunæ, brought
to me by Mr. Martin from the Isle of
Sky, they make use of it for fertilizing
their Land. Ex 24 24 Liber Primus,
Ex Terris quæ Medici usus sunt
in hoc Scrinio habentur. Lapis Hibernicus, a piece of Irish Slate given
to me by my Friend Alexander Mon-
teith, Deacon of the Chirurgions; this
is bluish, and soft as a Bule, and hath
an astringent taste. Terra Samia, Samos Earth, 'tis whitish and
soft, made up in a round Cake, and mark-
ed with a Half-Moon. Bolus Armena, Armenian Bole, marked with
an Half-Moon. Terra Sigillata Arabicis Characteribus Sig-
nata, the Sealed Earth marked with
Arabick Characters. Terra Sigillata Hepatici coloris, terra Er-
lachiana-Wormii, it hath a Hill
with three tops, and the Cross-keys upon it. CAPUT SECUNDUM,
De Salibus.
Of Salts.
SAlSal, Corpus Minerale inanimatum est,
in aquâ solubile, saporibus diversis præ-
ditum, & seminariâ in primâ Creatione vi
dotatum, quâ certis in locis servatur & mul-
tiplicatur: Sal autem vel Artificialis vel Na-
turalis 25 de Fossilibus rarioribus. 25
tralis est quem natura sponte gignit vel in
terrâ, vel extra eam. Artificialis, fit vel ex Aquis Marinis, vel
ex Salsis Fontanis, aut ex putealibus exco-
quitur; vel conficitur ex sui generis lixivio.
Ex his rariores in hoc Scrinio sunt. Sal Fossilis, qui & Sal Gemmæ, quòd Cri-
stallum Nitore & colore imitetur.
Pit Salt from Poland. Sal Ammoniacus, abaμμos arenâ ita dictus,
Orvizil quòd sub arenis, in laminas con-
mol Cretus, in Africæ Cyrenaico tractu
effodiebatur olim. Armoniacus eti-
am vocatur: nobis Salt Armoniack.
Sed jam ad nos vehi desiit: Nativus
io quo hodie utimur, ex sulphuratis
Puteolanis depromitur. Artificialis, nunc magis in usu est, qui fit
ex quinque partibus urinæ humanæ, parte
unâ Salis communis, & parte dimidiâ Fuli-
ginis lignorum simul coctis ad consumptio-
nem humiditatis; reliquum sublimatur,
iterum solvitur & coagulatur. Sal summè
volatilis est; & fixa, volatilia reddit. Nitrum à Nitriâ oppido Ægypti dictum quod
magna copiâ illic consiciebatur. Qui-
busdam Sal-Petræ, quia in terrâ sui
generis ad Muros & Petras instar
lanuginis, spontè efflorescere solet:
F Nobis 26 26 Liber Primus,
Nobis Salt-Peter vocatur. Hoc eti-
am vel spontè nascitur, vel arte con-
ficitur. In hoc scrinio servatur Nativum, quod in terrâ reperitur aut cædi-
tur aliorum fossilium more, quod
durum, spissum & Lapidi simile est,
ab Arabibus Tincar dictum. Et Factitium ex hoc fossili, Arabibus Borax,
Græcis Chrysocolla dicitur. Halinitrum, quod ex terrâ, nitroso semine
imprægnatâ, conficitur, facto lixivio
& percolato, perque ignis calorem
exhalato, ut Sal Nitri remaneat,
quod postea purificatur. Modus
quo conficitur, optimè explicatur
à D. Henshaw in Historiâ Societa-
tis Regiæ, Pag. 268. Nitrum Stalacticum Album nostras, læve
est et candicans instar Salis prunel-
læ, a white dropping stone, of a Nitrous
taste; it was found in a Cove in Fife,
and given to me by the Reverend Mr.
Alexander Edward, my Friend. Nitrum Calcarium, viride, crispatum, Sta-
lacticum nostras, a dropping Nitrous
Lime-stone, of a green colour without;
'tis curled like the Fringe of a Bed, the
outer surface is green, the Pith, which
is betwixt the Plates, is white like Ni-
ter: 27 de Fossilibus rarioribus. 27
ter: It is found in a Cove in Fife, in
the Laird of New-biggings Ground,
near a Mile to the West of Burnt-
Island, upon the Shore. The Roof of
this Cave is full of Isacles of this figure,
hanging down from it, and a Water
droppeth from the same Roof; which if
it touch any part of the body that is na-
ked, it maketh it smart. The Ground
in that place is full of Lime-stone, and
this seemeth to be composed of the A-
tomes of Lime-stone, and some Nitrous
substances carried off by the Water which
passeth by the Lime-stones; and, it is
like, some saltish vapours from the Sea
incorporat with this Concretion:
the Cove is upon the freep of a bill, lying to
the Sea, and open to it. Alumen, nobis Alum dicitur: id naturale
est, velab arte elaboratum.
Naturale, vel liquidum est, vel concretum: Concretum, in hoc Scrinio servatum est.
Saxum Scissile nostras, ex quo Alumen con-
ficitur: the Alum-stone, of a blackish
colour, and Flaky; this was found in
the Laird of Dundass his Ground, closs
by the Sea, a little to the West of the
Queens Ferry, where they are work-
ing it. Of these Stones is made a Lee,
F 2 and 28 28 Liber Primus,
and of the Lee, Alum: In the which
certain Nitrous and other parts called
Slam, being predominant; to precipi-
tate the fame, they add the Lees of
Kelp, made of Tangle, a Sea Weed
commonly ameng Oyster's; and then a
certain proportion of Urine, both for
the same purpose, and to keep the Kelp
Lees from hardening the Alum too much:
I gave the Process by which it is pre-
pared, to the first undertakers for set-
ting up Alum Works here. A full account
of it may be seen in the Transactions of
the Royal Society, Numb. 142. Alumen nostras, ex hoc Lapide confectum:
Alum made here of our Alum-stone. Vitriolum à Vitri Nitore ita dictum, Græcis.
Chalcanthum: nobis Vitriol, or Coperas. Na-
turale etiam, vel Artificiale est. Naturale, fossile dici potest quod ex hu-
more quasi gelu concrevit: hujusmodi hic
servatur Vitriolum viride, nativum: nobis, native
green Vitriol, found in the Lord Sinclar
his Coal-pits at Dysert, from whence
it was brought to me by my Friend Bail-
lie Sinclar, his Lordships Uncle. Factitium, ex Lapide Vitriolico paratur.
Saxum Vitriolicum Nigrum, species pyri-
tis, 29 de Fossilibus rarioribus. 29
tis, the Coperas-stone, a Fire-stone found
on the Sea-shore, near the Cittadel of
Leith; 'tis round, of a dark blackish
colour: Some of them broken, are of the
colour of Brass, some of a bright Silver
colour, which are esteemed to be the best.
Dr. Grew giveth some account how the
Coperas is made of them, in the 342
Page of the Musæum, R. S. The whole
process of making the Vitriol, as it was
communicated by Mr. Colwall, may be
seen in the Transactions of the Royal
Society, Numb. 142. Vitriolum Album, White Vitriol: Candidum
est, & transparens aliquando, Gof-
felariense præcipuè. Vitriolum Viride, Green Vitriol: hoc Tin-
ctoribus & Fullonibus maximè, in
usu est, & ex eo vulgò Spiritus &
Sales parant. Vitriolum Cyprium cæruleum planè Saphi-
rini coloris, in tesseras parvas re-
ductum; latentem in se habet dul-
cedinem, nec adeo adstringit ut re-
liqua: Ex hoc maximè conficitur
pulvis sympathicus. Vitriolum Cæruleum nostras, in Fodinis no-
stris Cupreis spontè natum, aspe-
rum & inæquale est; a sort of Blue Vitriol, 30 30 Liber Primus,
Vitriol, mixed with some of our Copper
Ores. CAPUT TERTIUM.
De Sulphure.
Of Sulphure. SUlphurSulphur Fossile pingue est quod in Oleo
solvitur et facilè ei miscetur; constat
autem parte inflammabili gravem odorem
de se præbente, et terrâ craffâ fixâ, succum
chalcantosum admistum habente. Duplex etiam est; Fossile seu vivum et na-
tivum quod non est expertum ignem; et
Factitium igne depuratum. Hic autem fer-
vantur Sulphur impurum nostras quale è Fodinis
adfertur. Nobis, Common Native Sul-
phur. Sulphur quoddam nostras Flavescens, a
Sulphurous Substance, of a Yellow Co-
lour, inclining to Green, found in
Clidsdale, from whence it was sent to
me by Mr. Red, who was imployed in
searching for Ores there. This when
it is put in the fire, yieldeth a Sul-
phurous smell. Sulphur 31 de FossibusFossilibus rarioribus. 31 Sulphur Virgineum dictum, pallidum est,
Lanis candorem et mollitiem ad-
fert. Sulphur Nigrum, Caballinum Officinis di-
ctum. Nigrum est, ex Squammâ Ferri,
et Sulphure simul mistis, ac in urceos
transfusis conficitur. Exteriùs, Sul-
phure luteo vulgari obductum est. CAPUT QUARTUM,
De Bitumine.
Of Bituminous Substances. BItumenBitumen corpus Fossile similare est, In-
flammabile & pingue, in cavernis terræ
generatum & inde vel in Mare ejectum, vel
cum aquis mistum, vel è terrâ essossum. Vel
liquidum vel concretum: Petroleum nostras, Oleum scilicet inna-
tans Aquæ Fontis Sanctæ Catherinæ
prope Templum de Libberton: the
Oyl found floating in Saint Catharin's
Well, near the Church of Libberton
'Tis black, and like melted Pitch; when
it standeth long in a Phial, there sub-
sideth from it a Flakie substance, men-
tioned in the Phalainologia published by
me in the year 1692. Pissa- 32 32 Liber Primus, Pissaphaltum nostras, seu pix Fossilis nostras,
nigra & mollis est, 'tis a soft black
Substance like to Pitch, found in the West,
in a Stone Quarry, in the Laird of
Roughfols his Ground, it flasheth and
sparkleth when fired: given to me by my
Friend Alexander Monteith, Deacon
of the Chirurgions in this City. Bitumen Judaicum, quod in lacu Judeæ A-
sphaltite nascitur, tetrum odorem vi-
brat, ob familiarissimam cum igne
substantiam, facilè hunc concipit;
atque ex intervallo trahit. Mumia est condimentum cum Sanie
Cadaveris mistum & exsiccatum,
colore nigro: Vulgaris, ex pice &
Bitumine constat: Nobilior, ex A-
loe, Myrrha, aliisq; Aromatibus cum
Cadaveris sanie mistis. Terra Ampelitis, An the Kennel Coal, or Bastard
Jet? Gagates, Nicandro Thracius Lapis, quibus-
dam Obsidianus Lapis; nobis Jet,
said to be found in the North of Scot-
land. I have seen a Letter from Do-
ctor Johnston to Doctor George Sib-
bald, which gave account of its being
found in the North. Varia ex eo uten-
silia conficiuntur. Lithanthrax 33 de Fossilibus rarioribus. 33 Lithanthrax, Figurâ Plantæ signatus, a piece
of Coal slate, marked with the Figure
of a Plant, sent to me by Doctor Wood-
ward; he sent me some pieces with the
figure of the Polipode and the Comb-
wort. 'Tis named by him Lapis Scis-
silis Slate dictus cum Figuris Folio-
rum impressis, from a Coal-pit in
Sommerset-Shire. Succinum, quod ex succo coagulari creda-
tur. Quibusdam Carabe, nobis,
Amber, sive Lamber dicitur. Succinum nostras Flavum in puteis aliquan-
do repertum, our yellow Amber found
in the North. Succinum crudum Prussicum, Amber found
upon the Coast of Prussia, of a Brown
colour. Ambra Grisea, Ambre Grise, ex Fontibus
Bituminis manare creditur, & in
summo Mari aeri expositum coagu-
lari & densari. Vide quæ de eâ ad-
duximus in Phalainologia nostrâ,
Titulo de Ambrâ Griseâ. G SECTIO 34 34 Liber Primus, SECTIO SECUNDA.
De Lapidibus.
Of Stones. LApisLapis, Corpus Fossile, durum, inducti-
le est; in aquâ non liquabile; ortum
ex succo lapidescente, in quo Spiritus la-
pidificus est. Natura in Lapidibus mirè lu-
dit, si Colorem, Figuram, Substantiamvé di-
versæ Naturæ respicias. Commodissimè
autem dividuntur in minùs pretiosos, & pre-
tiosos ; & utrique in Majores, & Minores. Magni, non pretiosi, vel duri sunt; ut
Saxa, Silices, Marmora: vel molles, ut Ala-
bastrum, Gypsum, Talcum. Minores, non pre-
tiosi, vel ex Animalibus desumuntur, ut O-
culi Cancrorum; Tophi, ex quibusdam Ani-
malibus, qui etiam molliores sunt: vel fos-
siles duri sunt, ut Lapis Hæmatites, Lapis
Lazuli. Pretiosi magni, sunt Jaspis, Achates;
Minores, Rubinus, Granatus, &c. CAPUT 35 de Fossilibus rarioribus. 35 CAPUT PRIMUM.
De Lapidibus non pretiosis, magnis, durioribus. ARTICULUS PRIMUS.
De Saxis & Silicibus. LApidesLapides non pretiosi, magni & duri, vel
non exprimunt figuram ullius rei, vel
alicujus rei figuram exhibent: Ex his qui
non exprimunt ullius rei figuram, in hoc
Scrinio sunt Saxum Fissile (seu crustosum, quòd in
crustas findatur,) Stratis ac Tectis
utile, cæruleum. Nobis blue Slate,
or Scailzie. Nigrum, ex Belgio delatum ad nos,
ex quo Mensæ & Tabulæ deletiles
parantur. Silex, nobis The Flint Stone, cujus varia ge-
nera hic servantur. Pyrimachus, qui colore albo & perspicuo
Gemmas quandoque æmulatur, li-
quabilis est; unde Metallarii Metal-
lis fusis superinjiciunt, ut iis super-
natet & prohibeat nè nimium Me-
talli in Auras evolet. Vitrarii ex
iis Vitra conficiunt. Et Chymici G 2 factitios 36 36 Liber Primus,
factitios Lapides ex iis parant. No-
bis Pebles dicuntur.
Nostras, viridis Coloris.
Nostras, fusci Coloris.
Nostras, Coloris Atrorubentis.
Some, Red,
Some, like Agates. ARTICULUS SECUNDUS.
De Marmoribus. LApidesLapides duriores, pulchrioribus colori-
bus præditi, Marmora vocantur; ii
enim, si poliantur, ita apti sunt ad
Splendorem suscipiendum, ut ex his
Statuæ & Columnæ nitentes sculpi
possint. Nobis Marble Stones,
dicuntur. Varii Generis apud nos
reperiuntur. In hoc Scrinio sunt Marmor Rubrum. A Red Marble found at
Tinninghame, some of this is spot-
ted. Marmor ex Rubro et Nigro variegatum,
A Marble curiously Spotted with red
and black spots; from the Lord Boyn
his Ground in Bamff Shire. Marmor Album lineis cæruleis ornatum.
A white Marble, with blue Veins; from
Sutherland and Strathnaver. Marmor 37 de Fossilibus rarioribus. 37 Marmor fusci Coloris, maculis flavis varie-
gatum. Marble of a dark colour, with
yellow spots, found in Argile-shire. Marmor Viride, Green Marble. Ophites, Serpent-stone. Marmor Nigrum, Black Marble. Lapis Calcarius, cinerei coloris, Lime-stone,
of an Ashie colour. Cos, Lapis niger, durior, ferris acuendis
aptus. Nobis A Whet-stone; 'tis black
and smooth. Cos Aquaticus, mollior, coloris obscurè
flavescentis. Nobis A Hone; found
in the North of Scotland. CAPUT SECUNDUM.
De Lapidibus non pretiosis, maagnis,
mollioribus. EXEx his, qui, non pretiofi magni & molles,
figuram nullius rei exprimunt, in hoc
Scrinio servantur Alabastrites Cinereus punctis albis variega-
tus. Alabaster Stone, of an Ashie col-
lour with white spots; From the North of
Scotland. Alabastrites ex albo rubescens, A sort of white
Marble or Alabaster from Tweed-sides. Gypsum 38 38 Liber Primus, Gypsum nostras; Germanis Spat; Italis
Gesso; Gallis du Plastre. Nobis Pla-
stre-stone, sent from Tweed-side. Lapis
albus est, mollis, Alabastri instar,
qui cùm leviter uritur, ex eo fit calx
ista, quæ vocatur Gypsum. Plastre
of Paris. Cujus usus est ad statuas,
& ad lævissimas domorum areas &
concamerationes. Morochtus, aliis Leucogea, Galaxias, Ga-
lactites, quia eo pictores lineas al-
bas ducere solent & quia si super
Cotem cum aquâ fricetur lacteum
emittit succum. Nobis White-mark-
ing-stone; nostras mollis et lu-
bricus lapis est, colore subviridi.
It is found in the Fissures or Seams of
the Rock, in Lieth-wynd Craigs. Pumex; Nobis The Pumis Stone, lapis est
erosus, Spongiosusque, exiguis ca-
vernis refertus. This is of a dark Ashie
colour. Lapis ruber, variis in locis perfossus, A red
stone perforated in several places (as is
said) by Worms. I found it upon the
Shore near New-haven. Osteocolla, aliis Ammosteus, Osteolithus;
Nobis Glue-bone-stone dicitur, quia
ad fracturas offium conglutinan-
das 39 de Fossilibus rarioribus. 39
das conducere creditur. Lapis est
mollis, albo & cinereo Colore, fi-
guram offis quandoque exhibens,
concavus, aliquando etiam medul-
lam habens friabilem linguæ adhæ-
rentem, & facilè in liquore solu-
bilem: videtur Margæ quædam
species. Osteocolla Solida; latior & quasi la-
minata. Rotunda; sine medulla, seu solida. Rotunda concava. Lapis Amianthus, (quòd in ignem conjectus,
non inquinetur, sed nitidior appa-
reat) aliis Asbestinus lapis, quòd
non comburatur; Quibusdam Cor-
soides, quia canitiem præ se fert:
aliis linum, quia lanugo ejus,
manibus nexitur & texitur. Alumi-
ni schisto similis est, ignem respuens,
adeo ut eo, non modo non uri pofs-
sit, sed, purior reddatur; colore
ad viriditatem obscuram tendente,
quandoque ferreo; attritione faci-
lè in filamenta solubilis; mollis e-
nim est, & quòd efflorescit dum te-
ritur, plumas refert; unde quibus-
dam Alumen plumosum & Flos Pe-
træ dicitur, Olim in fila aptabatur, & 40 40 Liber Primus,
& mappæ ex eo tanquam ex lino
siebant. Linguâ vernacula nobis
Thrumstone dicitur. Selenitis, (quia ad Lunæ motum fulgore
crescere & decrescere olim crede-
batur) neotericis Lapis specularis
(quia perspici potest; & rei, quæ
ab ejus tergo est, imaginem
reddit) Mirrour-stone, or Muscovy
Glass. Germanis Glacies Mariæ di-
citur. Lapis est, Cristalli instar,
pellucidus, in bracteas tenuissimas
Scissilis, colore albo, cinereo, ali-
quando nigricante, fuscóve. Lapis Schistus, selenitidi affinis, albus, perspi-
cuus fermè, in laminas sibi cohæ
rentes scissilis: In Insulis Scotiæ oc-
cidentalibus reperitur. Quibusdam
vocatur Quartzum. Talcum, aliàs Stella Terræ, quòd instar
Stellarum niteat & micet. Talk. Lapis mol-
lis est, speculari similis, in laminulas rectas,
flexiles divisibilis, colore candido, argento-
so, glauco, nigricante quandoque, igni
invictus; nam neque funditur, neque com-
buritur, neque colorem amittit, nisi maxi-
má violentiâ: In hoc Scrinio habentur Talcum Album Foliatum. White Foliated
Talk. Talcum 41 de Fossilibus rarioribus. 41 Talcum foliatum, atro rubens. Talk of a
Brown colour; found in Lochquha-
ber. Talcum Venetum viridescens. Talk of a
pale green colour, with a Silver gloss. Talcum Album striatum. White Striated
Talk. Lapis Calaminaris. With this and Copper they
make Brass. Lapis Spongiæ: Quibusdam Lapis Cap-
padox; Plinio Cysteolythos: The
Sponge Stone. Substantia est friabili,
colore albicante, succum lacteum
de se præbente. Ammochrysos Boetii; Mica Wormii: Yel-
low great Glist, the spark of a Gold co-
lour. Ammargyros. White great Glist, the sparks
of the colour of Silver. Ammochrysos Ruber. A red Sandy Stone,
with parks of the colour of Silver. ARTICULUS PRIMUS.
De durioribus Lapidibus, qui non pretiosis an-
numerantur. EXEx his, in hoc Scrinio, sequentes fer-
vantur H Magnes; 42 42 Liber Primus, Magnes; Lapis Herculeus; quibusdam Si-
derites, quia ferro imperat. The
Load-stone, or Magnet; for the most
part of an Iron colour, tending to Blue;
By some this is called the Male; if
black, the Female. Smiris; The Emerie, or Emeril Stone; Lapis
est ferrugineus, ad nigredinem ten-
dens, adeò durus ut ejus pulvere
utantur Gemmarii ad Gemmas scul-
pendas; et fabri ferrarii, ad arma
polienda. Smiridi congener nostras, niger. A black
Stone, which seemeth to approach to
the Emeril Stone. I found it in Inch-
Colme. Smiridi congener nostras, cærulæi coloris.
A gritty Stone of a dark blue colour,
exceeding hard: when put in the fire,
it turneth to a tough substance. It was
found in the Laird of Gormock his
Ground in Perth-Shire, and sent to me. Lapis Hæmatites; sic dictus, vel quòd sit
sanguinei coloris; vel quòd attri-
tus cotibus aquariis succum fundat
sanguineum; vel quòd polleat vi
sanguinem sistendi. Lapis est durus,
colore obscuriore sanguinis concre-
ti, Globosus, plerumque striatus in-
star 43 de Fossilibus rarioribus. 43
star Antimonii. The Bloud-stone stria-
ted, or the Fibrous Bloud-stone. Hæmatites striatus Cristallis tectus. This
is covered with white Cristal's. Hæmatites Bullis aspersus. This hath like
Blisters upon it. Some of this sort is
found in the Park of Edinburgh. ARTICULUS SECUNDUS.
De Lapidibus, ex Animalibus quibusdam,
desumptis. EXEx his, in hoc scrinio servantur Oculi Cancrorum. Crabs-eyes. A cru-
stæcous Stone so called, said to grow in
River-crabs, especially in the female,
at that time when the new Shell begins
to grow. Tophus, ex ventriculo bovis. A hairy Ball,
Oval and Incrustated; of a colour ap-
proaching to that ofthe Oriental Bezoar,
taken out of the Stomach of a Cow:
'tis made by the motion of the Stomach,
which is strong and frequent in these
Creatures. The hair is thus wrought,
and compacted together, as wool is by
the Work-mans hand in the making of
a Hat. H 2 Lapis 44 44 Liber Primus, Lapis Limacis. The Snail Stone. Ex Lima-
cibus iis exemptus, qui sine testis in
campis vagantur, colore fusco. Hi,
lapillum in Capite gestant candi-
dum, tenuem, ovalis figuræ, ali-
quantulum convexum. CAPUT TERTIUM.
De Lapidibus pretiosis Majoribus.
of Bigger Stones, of value. EXEx Lapidibus pretiosis, qui, respectu ad
Gemmas habito, majores sunt, in hoc
Scrinio servantur sequentes Lapis Lazuli. Nobis the Blue Stone. Lapis
est durus, colore florum Cyani cæru-
lei; aureis punctulis & venis exor-
natus; 'tis found in Clydsdale. Jaspis; Variorum colorum lapis est, ob
succorum varietatem, qui ad ejus gene-
rationem concurrunt. Nobis the Jaspis, or
Jasper lapis opacus est, Achate mollior. In hoc
Scrinio servantur Jaspis viridis Nostras. A Green Jaspis found
in West Lothian. Jaspis Ruber nostras. The red Jaspis found in
several places in this Countrey. Jaspachates nostras. This Stone doth partake
of 45 de Fossilibus rarioribus. 45
of the nature and colour, both of the
Jaspis and Agate. It is a beautiful
Stone when polished; it is of a Flesh co-
lour, with some mixture of a pale white,
'tis found in the South Countrey, in the
Laird of Grubbet's Ground; it was
sent to me by the young Laird, an in-
genious Gentleman. Lapis Nephriticus; The Nephritick Stone.
Obscurè viridis hic est, & quâdam
quasi pinguedine obductus, macu-
lisque quibusdam obscurioribus in-
terstinctus. De miris ejus virtutibus
Librum scripsit, Linguâ Gallicâ, Do-
minus D' Acqueville. Achates; The Agate. Lapis est semi perspicuus,
durissimus, colore cornu pellucidi. Cerachates nostras; An Agate found in this
Countrey; 'tis like to a piece of clear
Horn. Onychates. The Onychate; this is betwixt
an Onyx and an Agate; 'tis Globous,
of a dark Ash colour, with white spots
upon one side. Corneolus; Carneolus Wormio, quòd Car-
nis colorem imitetur; aliis, Sardi-
us; Nobis, the Cornelian; lapis est
loturæ carnis colore similis; semi
perspicuâ & obscurâ quasi nubeculâ perfusus, 46 46 Liber Primus,
perfusus, Sometimes it hath something
of an Amber colour. It is usually cut
for Signet Rings; it is found in se-
veral places of this Countrey. Cristallus; Nobis Cristal dicitur. It was sup-
posed by some, to be only Water contra-
cted or condensed with cold. Lapis est
mollis, transparens, aquam in gla-
ciem congelatam referens; igne
non solvitur. Cristallus Montana nostras; This is a plain,
or flat piece of Cristal, found in the Laird
of Orrock his Ground. Cristallus hexagona nostras, quæ Iridem ad
Solis radios exhibet, found in the same
place. Cristallus pseudo-adamas nostras; 'tis found
in the place above mentioned, and in
the Rock near St. Anthony his Well in
Edinburgh Park. These when cut,
look as fine as any Bristol Diamonds. Cristallus nostras Nigrescens. A Cristal,
found in this Countrey, inclining to a
black colour. Cristallus obscurè Violacei coloris nostras. A
Cristal of a dark Violet colour, from the
Bin in Fife. Cristalli fragmentum, in quo aliquid Mus-
co petrifacto simile est. A piece of
Cristal, 47 de Fossilibus rarioribus. 47
Cristal, in which is inclosed somthing
like to petrified Moss. Cristalli Columna, cujus basis alba est. Cristallus à nová Zembla. A small piece of
Cristal taken up in Nova Zembla by
Captain Greenvill Collins, who gave
it to me. Cristallus arte polita. A piece of Cristal po-
lished by Art. CAPTUT QUARTUM.
De Lapidibus pretiosis minoribus,
seu de Gemmis
Of Gems. LApidesLapides, parvi Naturâ, rari, duri ac
pulchri, Gemmæ dicuntur. Ex hisce
in hoc Scrinio conspiciuntur Smaragdus rudis, quibusdam Prafinus. No-
bis, the Emerauld or Emrald. Lapil-
lus, grato virore, oculorum aciem
ita demulcens, ut omnium virida-
riorum amœnitatem superet; pel-
lucidus, diaphanus, planè viridis. Saphyrus vulgi; Plinii Cyanus. Est Gemma
cæruleo colore, pellucida, dura, dia-
phana, Nobis, the Saphyre. Saphyrus 48 48 Liber Primus, Saphyrus nostras. This was found in the Isle
of Sky, and given to the Reverend
Mr. Kirton. It is covered with a gray
Crust. Rubinus Rudis. The Rock Ruby; Gemma est
diaphana, rutilans, rubensque, ad
cæruleum parùm inclinans; limam
respuit; ad Sanguinis colorem po-
tiùs accedit, quam Minii. Rubi-
nus cærulei quid admixtum habere
videtur; Granatus & Hyacinthus
quid flavi: hisque notis invicem di-
stinguuntur. Granatus; Nobis, the Granat, and common-
ly the Garnet. Gallis Vermeille, quòd
Minii rubedine flagret: Est autem
Gemma dura, & flavedine obscurè
rubens, instar ignis aut Minii na-
tivi, tincturam suam in igne non
remittens. The deepest is compared by
Imperatus to the Juyce of a ripe Mul-
berry. Hyacinthus; nobis, the Hyacinth or Jacinth:
Lapis est colore rutilo, & ex flave-
dine rubenti; ignis etiam flammas
imitatur. Topazius; Boetio veterum Chrysolitus est:
Nobis, the Topaz, or Topas, dicitur. Instar 49 de Fossilibus rarioribus. 49
Instar Cristalli mollis est, cum au-
reo colore, parùm nigricante. Turcois, Turcosa vel Turchesia dicta à Tur-
cis; à quibus ad nos desertur. Gem-
ma est opaca, ex viridi, albo & cæ-
ruleo quasi composita, viride Æris
referens. Nobis, A Turcois, dicitur. Pretiosis etiam annumerantur Margaritæ, Perlæ aliis dictæ. Et cum sunt
majores, Uniones; Nobis Pearl. Gemmæ
sunt opacæ, splendentes, in conchis genitæ,
fulgore suo oculos mirè recreantes: ex eo-
dem humore proveniunt quo testæ ipsæ. In
hoc Scrinio sunt Margaritæ Orientales rotundæ, coloris ful-
gentissimi. Margarita nostras, rotunda, optimi coloris;
Our Pearl, round, and of the Oriental
colour. Margarita nostras, rotunda, coloris obscu-
rè nigri: Our Pearl, of a dark black
colour. Margarita nostras pyriformis; Our Pearl, of
the shape of a Pear; The bigger end is
an Oriental colour, and the under part
is grayish. 'Tis of a middle size. Margarita nostras oblonga, susci coloris;
'Tis of a dark brown colour, and ap-
proacheth to an Oval Figure. I Mar- 50 50 Liber Primus, Margarita nostras obscurè nigra, parte in-
feriore compressa. Our Pearl of a
dark colour, flat below, as it were cut
in the midle. Margarita nostras alba; Our Pearl of a white
colour, found in Oyster Shells. Bezoar, à Persico Pazar, quod Hircum il-
lum notat, cujus ex ventriculo de-
sumitur. Nobis, the Bezoar Stone:
Lapis est mollis, ex variis crustis
coagmentatus, in animalis cujus-
dam, Capræ Sylvestris speciem ha-
bentis, ventriculo genitus, figurâ
variâ, nunc oblongâ nunc orbicu-
lari, aliquando compressâ, colore ut
plurimùm subcinereo aut ex viridi
nigricante: In supersicie lævis est;
in meditullio frequenter concavus,
vel festucam vel plantæ fibras con-
tinet. Et hic Orientalis dicitur
quòd ex Oriente deferatur. Bezoar Occidentalis, ruffi coloris, magnà
ex parte. Lapis Cervinus nostras; qui in canthis ocu-
lorum Cervi concrescit, ex oculo-
rum fordibus & fudore in cavitate
quâdam exiguâ collectis, diúque de-
tentis. Subalbus est supersicie, in-
tùs cinereus, & perrarò Pisi mino-
ris 51 de Marinis rarioribus. 51
ris magnitudinem superat. 'Tis in
great esteem with our Highlanders, and
is used as the Bezoar amongst them. Lapis quidam albus pyriformis, in ventricu-
lo Aselli majoris repertus. This was
brought to me, by my Friend Mr. Mar-
tin, from the West-Isles. DE MARINIS RARIORIBUS.
CAPUT QUINTUM. De Coralliis & iis quæ ad ea accedunt.
Of Coralls. Corallia, si substantiam eorum respici-
as, magnam cum lapidibus affinitatem
habent; & propter hanc rationem vocan-
tur Lithodendra quibusdam, Dentritis Plinio.
Urinatorum autem experimentis constat ea
non esse mollia sub aquis, sed æquè dura,
ac cùm aëri externo sunt exposita. Obser-
vatum etiam est, quòd Vere, quando Co-
rallium evellitur, liquor quidam lacteus ex
eo inter frangendum emanet, qui decidens
super lignum, lapidem, ferrum, aut aliam
materiam, Corallium producit: Et inter
I 2 alia 52 52 Liber Primus,
alia rariora Corallia in Musæo Balfouriano
asservata, conspicitur frutex Corallii num-
mo argenteo majori adnatus. Corallium est vegetabile Marinum, cujus
truncus paulatim se in varios ramos dispe-
scit, instar Arboris foliis & fructibus desti-
tutæ. Coralliorum variæ sunt differentiæ,
tàm ratione colorum quàm conformationis.
In hoc Scrinio servantur Corallium rubrum solidum. A Sprig of so-
lid red Coral; 'tis small and branched,
it appeareth striated in the length, but
the Furrows are slender. Corallium rubrum fistulosum. The Fistular
red Corall. Corallium album ramosum. The white branch-
ed Coral; the Pith of it is rayed like a
Star. Corallium album, læve, fistulosum: The Co-
rallium album fistulosum Imperati,
who hath the Figure of it.
This is more branched than the former: with-
in the hollow part it is rayed. Coralloides nostras ramosum, læve, album.
This is a substance like to branched Co-
ral, white and smooth, found upon the
Shore of Cantyre, and in some of the
West Isles; This is flatter than the
true Coral, which is round: It is like
to 53 de Marinis rarioribus. 53
to that which Besler hath under the
name of Planta hirsuta, formâ Co-
rallii. Coralloïdes album, racemosum, hirsutum
nostras. This is a round clustered
Concretion, white like the former, but
more rough in the surface, found upon
the Shore in some of the West Isles. DE ALCYONIIS.
Of Bastard Corals. ADAd Corallia accedunt quæ Alcyonia vo-
cantur Tubularia purpurea Imperati. The Red Fi-
stular Alcyonium of Grew. Alcyo-
nium Maris rubri, Besleri, 'Tis a
Congeries of strait and red Pipes, of a
Coraline substance, about the thickness
of an Oaten Straw, all standing para-
lell, and divided into several Stories
by transverse plates, at several distan-
ces. Alcyonium candicans vermiculatum Wor-
mii: Constare videtur ex vermicu-
lis quasi petrifactis mirè inter se con-
tortis, qui concavi sunt, ut vermi-
um tubuli potius dicendi sint, An
Ver- 54 54 Liber Primus,
Vermicchiara & Alcyonio Milesio
Imperati? The small white Fistular
Alcyonium of Grew. Cluster of
crooked Tubes, not thicker than a Pack
Threed; and wrinckled; adherent to
some Shells found in this Country. Alcyonium album Stellatum Imperati. By
whom it is described and figured. Fungites laminatum. The Plated Fungites
of Grew; the Plates are all very thin,
and sharp, and radiated to the Circum-
ference, after the manner of those in a
common Mushrom; excepting that there
they stand underneath; here above: 'tis
curiously figured in Calceolarius his
Musæum. Alcyonium Roseum Wormii; ita dictum,
quia foramina ejus ita disposita sunt,
ut figurâ suâ Rosas æmulentur. Favago; Alcyonium secundum, Dioscoridis,
quibusdam: Est Massa quædam, ex
innumeris pelliculis, seu veficis con-
stans, invicem unitis & concretis,
vacuis, colore ex albo flavescente. CAPUT 55 de Fossilibus rarioribus. 55 CAPUT SEXTUM.
De Lapidibus qui formam alicujus rei
exprimunt.
Of Regular Stones. EXEx Lapidibus, qui formam alicujus rei
exhibent; quidam sunt, qui Globulos
referunt. Quidam, qui Anchoras, qui co-
lumnas, &c. referunt. Ex his qui Globu-
los referunt, in hoc Scrinio servantur Pisolythos racematus. A Clustered Pisolythos.
It consisteth of Globular small Stones,
at most of them white, united with an Ash
coloured Cement. I found it upon the
Shore, a little to the West of New-
haven. Lapis Caseum Hollandicum referens; the
yolk of a Stone, of the figure of an Hol-
land Cheese; found in a Lime-stone
Quarry, in the Laird of Orrock's
Ground. Lapis ovum Gallinæ referens; a white Peeble
resembling a Hens Egg: found upon the
Coast of Schetland. Ætitis fragmentum; a piece of an Eagle-
Stone. This seemeth to have been of an
Oval Figure. Ætites; The Eagle-stone. Lapis est rotun-
dus, 56 56 Liber Primus,
dus, aut ad rotunditatem accedens,
colore cinereo, pullo, aut fusco, a-
lium lapidem vel argillam in se con-
tinens, unde concufsus resonat. Lapis Bufonius; The Semiglobular Toad-
stone: Quibusdam Chelonitis, Ba-
trachites & Crapaudina vocatur.
Lapillus est rarò unguem digiti
superans, coloris ut plurimùm gri-
sei; ad rubedinem quandoq; incli-
nat; oculi modo convexus est:
aliquando oblongus, aliquando ro-
tundus, altera parte planus, aut con-
cavus parùm. Nascitur Fungi ad
morem in saxis & petris, non verò
in capitibus Bufonum, ut vulgo cre-
ditur. Lapis, Cor referens, maculis rubris varie-
gatus. An Anacardites varius Al-
drovandi? He hath a figure like to this
under that name. Lapis Orcadensis, figuris Geometricis signa-
tus. A soft kind of yellow Stone found
in Orkney, with Geometrick Figures
as it were funk into it with a Graver.
Some of these Stones have Cubical Fi-
gures, some Triangular: there is an
account of them in Mr. James Wal-
lace his description of Orkney, who likewise 57 de Fossilibus rarioribus. 57
likewise giveth the figure of some
of them. Lapis, Gamachu dictus. Nobis Gamachies:
They are found near to Marlsfield, the
Laird of Grubbets House; the young
Laird, a worthy Gentleman, gave me
this account of them. There is a steep
Precipice of Clay, on the side of the little
River that passeth by Marlsfield House;
towards the middle of this Precipice
there boileth out a red shining Clay, as
tough as melted Wax, with a blue slimi-
ness on the top; when any of this Clay
falletb in the Stream, 'tis rolled down
by the Current, and is moulded into an
hundred different shapes; of Birds and
Beasts, and other things; and grow-
eth to the consistence of a Stone in few
days, although at first very soft and
malleable. Of this there are several sorts here, viz. Lapis pedem humanum referens. Lapis fibulam referens. A Stone resembling the
Mould of a Button. Several others of disserent shapes. Silex venabuli cuspidem referens. Lapis Renem Animalis referens. A Stone
resembling the Kidney of some Animal. Dactylus Idæus; The yellow Belemnites. 'Tis K in 58 58 Liber Primus,
in shape and bigness like a little
finger, it is solid, semiperspicuous, and of
the colour of Amber; They have usu-
ally a kind of notched ridge all along one
side. Anchorites; The flat Bolthead. 'Tis pointed or
spiked backward on both sides the handle,
with some resemblance to an Anchor, or
the head of a bearded Dart. Some of
them are toothed on the edges, and the
sides as it were wrought with a kind
of undulated Sculpture. Our Countrey
People call them Elf-Arrows, and think
they are darted by the Fairies. There
are of them of several colours; they are
frequently found in sundry places in this
Country. Stalactites nostras, cinerei coloris; The
droping Stone, of an Ash colour. This
was found in a Lime-stone Quarry in
Hilderstone Hills. Stalactites nostras, albus, columnaris. The
dropping stone, in form of a Columne.
This is white, of a shining colour when
broken. It is found in the Cove of
Slains, near the Castle of Slains, be-
longing to the Earl of Errol, Great
Constable of Scotland. 'Tis mentio-
ned by Buchanan, in his description
of 59 de Fossilibus rarioribus. 59
of Buchan, in these words; est in e-
jus littore Spelunca, cujus Natura
prætereunda non videtur, Aqua è
naturali fornice guttatim destillans
statim in lapidum pyramidas verti-
tur, ac nisi operâ hominum antrum
subinde purgaretur, spatium usque
ad fornicem brevi compleretur. La-
pis autem qui ita gignitur, velut me-
diam naturam inter glaciem & fa-
xum obtinet, est enim friabilis ne-
que ad marmoris duritiem unquam
consolidescit. This with the Lime
made of it was sent to me by the
Noble Countess the Constable his Lady. Calx ex Lapide Stalactite de Slains con-
fecta. Some of the Lime made of the
dropping Stone at Slains; It is granu-
lated and white like Starch. Stalagmites nostras, in Massam instar Mus-
ci petrifacti concretus. A Mass of
Stone like petrified Moss from Hamil-
ton Wood. The Styriæ wind to and fro,
and the Grains have bigger points, so as
to resemble petrified Moss. Lapis Fruticum figuris signatus, nostras. A
sort of soft Marble, marked as it were
with the shape of Shrubs. There is a fi-
gure of it under the name of Pietra em-
K 2 boscata 60 60 Liber Primus,
boscata Imperati, in the Scotia illu-
strata. Tab. 4. Fig. 2. And it seem-
eth to be the same which is named by
Calceolarius, Lapis naturæ vi, af-
fabrè efformatus in figuram & ty-
pum nemoris. Asteria vera Boetii; The Star-stone. It con-
sisteth of several Joynts evenly piled one
upon another, of a Pentagonal figure,
like a Star, and with the Signature
also of another upon both sides, which is
composed of short transverse Striæ;
when broken, it shineth like to the En-
trochites, to which it is of Kin. It
was sent to me by Doctor Woodward. Lapis Stiloïdes, similis columnis quæ in flo-
rum quorundam centro apparent.
A Stone like to the Column of a Flower.
You may see the figure of it in Grew's
Musæum, R. S. CAPUT SEPTIMUM.
De Petrifactis.
Of Bodies Petrified. INterInter miranda naturæ opera, maximè e-
minent Empetrita seu petrifacta, lapi-
dosa 61 de Fossilibus rarioribus. 61
dosa scilicet, & prædura, hæc rerum vi-
ventium simulachra à naturâ edita & efficta.
An sola simulachra sint, an ipsa viventium
corpora, in eam substantiam lapideam con-
versa, à Doctis disputatut. De iis quæ ani-
malia referunt opinio est doctissimi Fraca-
storii, hæc olim vera animantia suisse ; &
non desunt ex recentioribus, qui eandem
sententiam, ut magis verisimilem, teneant,
inter quos agmen ducit Doctissimus Domi-
nus Woodward, qui in Libro Anglicanâ Lin-
guâ edito, eam opinionem multis Argumen-
tis confirmare nititur. Sunt etiam qui ea,
quæ Plantas referunt, veras esse Plantas
contendunt. In hoc scrinio varia hujusmo-
di servantur; primò autem ea adducemus
quæ Plantas, deinceps ea quæ Animalia
referunt. ARTICULUS PRIMUS.
De Plantis Petrifactis. LApisLapis Judaïcus; The Jew-stone. This is
the Common, of a Gray Colour stria-
ted. Plinii Euröes, quòd urinam
fluere faciat; & quibusdam Teco-
lithus appellatur, quòd calculum
resolvere credatur. Variarum est
figurarum; 62 62 Liber Primus,
figurarum; naturâ, in ejus effor-
matione, mirè ludente, nunc instar
Pyri, nunc instar Olivæ, aliquando
similis est Glandi & Balano. Lapi-
des hi, ut plurimùm, cinerei sunt
coloris, cretâ & cineribus quasi con-
spersi, oblongi, striis multis à basi
in apicem dotati. In quibusdam
transversæ etiam striæ visuntur.
They always break flakey, and with a
strong gloss like a Spar. They are found
in the Clefts of Rocks. Lapis Judaïcus Pyriformis. The Jew Stone
in the form of a Pear. Lapis Judaïcus nivei coloris. This was sent
to me by Doctor Woodward. Lapis Cinerei coloris, mollis, nostras, ex
tubulis arctissimè junctis, constans.
This is a black soft Stone, of a dirty ashy
colour. It is made up of a great many
Cylinders and Tubs, of the bigness of
Pack-threed, of this obscure colour, but
white within: there is nothing betwixt
them; the ends of them, when broken,
appear whitish. I found it in Babar-
dy Lime-stone Quarry, in West-Lo-
thian. It seemeth to approach to
the nature of that which Dr. Grew
calleth the Pip'd Waxen Vein; in
Musæo R. S. Lignum 63 de Fossilibus rarioribus. 63 petrifactum. A piece of petrified
Wood. This resembleth most Beech-
wood. It was found in the North of
Scotland, and given to me by the lear-
ned Doctor Gregory, now Professor at
Oxford. Lapis, entrochos, dictus; Boetio Trochi-
tes: In hoc multæ Vertebræ simul
junctæ reperiuntur. Quidam co-
loris sunt ad cæruleum tendentis.
This seemeth to be that which in the
Musæum R. S. is called by Dr. Grew
the Stelentrochite; by some Stelechites.
There is a large account of these Stones
in the Philosophical transactions Numb.
100. Given by Dr. Lister, with the
figure of many varieties of them. And
Numb. 129. by Mr. Beaumont Ju-
nior, who doth describe some moe di-
versities of them, and the manner of
their growth. Trochites cæruleus. A single Joint of a bluish
calour from Holy-Island, where they
are called St. Cuthberts Beads. Trochites Ruber, nostras. The single Joint
of one of them, of a redish colour, from
Orkney. Trochites nostras, cum medullâ marcasiti-
câ; 64 64 Liber Primus,
câ; A single Joint, with a yellow
Marcasite Pith. Entrochites Articulatus, lineis distinctus
rotundis. This hath round Lines about
it. Entrochites Laminatus; This is made of di-
verse Plates, one within another. Entrochites major nostras, cum medullâ
marcasiticâ flavâ. This is the length
and thickness of a Finger, with a Pith
of yellow Marcasite, found at Inner-
wick in East-Lothian. ARTICULUS SECUNDUS.
De Animalibus Petrifactis. EXEx Animalibus, eorúmve partibus Pe-
trifactis hic servantur Fragmentum dentis Balænæ, Orcæ dictæ,
petrifactum. Echini ovarii spinæ petrifactæ; Quædam
striatæ, supersicie asperâ; Quædam
supersicie lævi. These were found in
some Chalk Pits in Oxford-Shire, and
sent to me by Dr. Woodward Profes-
sor of Natural History in Gresham
Colledge. Echinites 65 de Fossilibus rarioribus. 65 Echinites durus & siliceus, obscuri coloris.
A Button-stone hard like a Flint, and
of the colour of Flint. Echinites albus, mollis. A soft white Button-
stone, from Epsom in Surrey. This
and the former resembleth the Echinus
Ovarius. Echinites Spatagoïdes mollis. The soft Oval
Helmet-stone, from the Chalk-pits of
Green-hith in Kent; sent to me by
Dr. Woodward. Echinites Spatagoïdes minor; A lesser, of
the same kind, from Dartford in Kent;
sent to me by Dr. Woodward. Turbinites. The long Whirl-stone; from
a Sand-pit near Woolwich in Surrey,
sent to me by Dr. Woodward. Trochites. The Short Whirl petrified, fil-
led with a Pyrites matter; found in a
hill by Richmond in Surrey; and sent
to me by Dr. Woodward. Pectinites minor. A small petrify'd Scollop,
sent to me by Dr. Woodward. Pectunculites. A sort of Lime-stone with seve-
ral Shells like Cockles upon it, from a
Quarry near Purflet in Essex; sent
to me by Dr. Woodward. Pectunculites nostras. A sort of Lime-stone
from Lime-kills in Fife; This is like
L to 66 66 Liber Primus,
to Marble, of an Ashie colour. It hath
Cockles upon it, and some Vestigies of the
Entrochite Stone. In some, both these
are flat; in others they are raised above
the surface of the Stone; in others they
are immersed and sunk in it. Pectinites nostras. A piece of the Lime-stone
of the same Quarry, with the shapes of
Small Scollops, or Clams (as we call
them) upon it. Concha Bivalvis petrifacta. A petrify'd Bi-
valve, with both the Valves joined to-
gether; from a Sand-pit near Wool-
wich in Surrey. Bivalves quædam petrifactæ, plenæ materiæ
pyritica. From a Hill by Richmond. Conchæ Anomiæ Fabii Columnæ, albi Co-
loris, petrifactæ. [An the small Con-
chites, with an oblique Navel, and un-
equal sides, somewhat round, and filled
with a Limy substance, of Grew? Mus:
R. S.] from the Chalk-pits of Kent:
They are full of Chalk within that
which resembleth the Shell. Pectunculites profundè striatus. These last
four were sent to me by Dr. Woodward. Musculites Saxum, D. Grew. A piece of
Muscle Rock. This of ours is black,
or rather of a dark bluish colour; in it are 67 de Fossilibus rarioribus. 67
are bedded, as it were, several Muscle
Shells. It was digged out of a Coal-
pit at the Magdalen Salt-Pans. Musculites nostras. A single Muscle-stone of
a dark bluish colour; found at the same
place. Muïtes. A petrified Muscle, of a grayish co-
lour, from an Hill near Norleach in
Gloster-shire. Sent to me by Dr. Wood-
ward. Nautilites, the Helix, or Stone Nautilus, Cor-
nu Ammonis; found near Dudley
in Stafford-Shire, sent to me by Dr.
Woodward. Ophites Ammoneus; The Helick Serpent-stone. Cochlites: The Shell of a sort of Snail petrify'd,
sent to me by Dr. Woodward. Buccinites; from a Stone-pit by Purflet, sent
to me by Dr. Woodward. Glossopetra; the Sharks Tooth petrify'd. Glassopetra Clavicularis D. Grew. The Dra-
gons Tooth, long and slender, and more
like the Tongue of some Small Bird. SECTIO TERTIA.
De Metallis. MEtalliMetalli nomine, tùm ipsa Metalla pro-
prie sic dicta: tum Metallis affi-
L 2 nia, 68 68 Liber Primus,
nia, intelligenda sunt: adeoque cùm Me-
tallum ipsum, tùm & vena ex quâ excoqui-
tur Metallum, quæ sub se Fluores Marca-
sitasq; comprehendit, hic consideranda sunt. Primò ergo Fluores qui in hoc Scrinio
servantur & Marcasitæ; deinde ipsa Me-
talla, quæque iis affinia hic habentur; e-
narranda sunt. CAPUT PRIMUM.
De Fluoribus & Marcasitis.
Of Spars and Marcasits. FLuoresFluores omnes ferè perlucidisunt; No-
bis, Spars dicuntur. Plures simul inæ-
qualiter cohærentes & conglomerati prove-
niunt, quâdam strumarum similitudine;
Silice minus duri sunt, candidi, sublutei, &
fusci inveniuntur. Quidam nihil Metal-
licum iis adhærens habent; Quidam Me-
tallicum quid habent, & Mineris, Nobis
Ore's, accensentur. Ex his qui nihil Metallici adhærens ha-
bent, hic servantur sequentes Fluor Orrocensis angularis. A pointed Spar
from Orrock in Fife. Fluor Orrocensis foliatus. A plated Spar from
Orrock. Ex Fluoribus qui Metallum adhærens ha-
bent, hic habentur. Fluor 69 de Fossilibus rarioribus. 69 Fluor angularis plumbum continens. A piece
of pointed Spar with Lead in it from
the Lead Mines; this is whitish. Fluor rubescens Plumbum continens. Fluor laminatus. A plated Spar, with green
and black spots in it. An Ore of Cop-
per from Arthrie near Sterling. Fluor laminatus cum venâ terræ cæruleæ, &
micis aurei coloris. Found at Over-
Rankilor in Fife. Fluor candidus, ponderosus; from Dausin-
ton. Marcasitæ; quibusdam Pyrites: And by some
called Mundicke, when ponderous. Hujusmodi
variæ hic servantur, viz. A Marcasite covered with a brown Scurf. A round Yolk of a Stone, full of a Marcasitish
Matter. The Stone is like a Nutmeg. A white knobbed Stone, with a Marcasitish mat-
ter in it. Pyrites tessulatus. A Cubical Marcasite. Pyrites Granulatus. Granulated Marcasite. Pyrites ænæi coloris ponderosus. This is
found near to the Silver-Mines in Hil-
destone Hills, in West-Lothian. Mundick, of a Brassie colour, with green Veins
in it. Mundick, of a Silver colour. This and the former 70 70 Liber Primus,
former are very ponderous. They are both
found near to the Silver-Mines. A Slate from Orkney, with a Marcasite or
Mundick, like Princes Metal upon it. CAPUT SECUNDUM.
De Metallis proprie dictis.
Of Metalls. AUrumAurum, Metallorum purissimum per-
fectissimumque est, omnia ignis &
aquarum fortium examina sustinens, pon-
derosissimum, maxime ductile, fulvo calore
rutilans. Hic habentur Ramentum Auri ignem non experti, obrizi
dicti, sinceri & solidi. A piece of
pure Gold, taken up out of the Ground,
in Crawford Moor. Argentum rude cum fluore suo è Minerâ ar-
genteâ apud Hilderston. The Spar is of
a bright white colour, and hath Cubical
pieces of the Silver Ore in it. It was taken
out of the Adite, or Shaft called Gods
Blessing. Some of this Silver Ore is
found in a redish Spar. Both the white and red Spar are pon-
derous Æs, quibusdam Cuprum. Nobis, Copper.
’Tis 71 de Fossilibus rarioribus. 71
'Tis found in several places in this Coun-
trey. Copper Ore from Devennen in the West-Coun-
trey. A piece of the Copper made of this Ore. Copper Ore from Linton. Copper Ore from Braids Craigs. Copper Ore from Arthrie, with green pots and
yellow parks. Copper Ore from Malainie. Copper Ore with blue spots, and blue Veins. Copper Ore, green upon one side, and of a rustie
colour on the other side. Copper Ore from Caithness. Minera Ferri. Iron Ore. Iron Ore of a gray colour brought to me from
England. Lapis ruber, nostras, ex quo ferrum confi-
citur. Iron-stone of a red-colour, band-
ed with white Lines arising above the
surface found in this Countrey. The Fi-
gure of it may be seen in Scotiâ Illustra-
ta, Tab. 22. Fig. 2. Plumbum nigrum; simpliciter etiam Plum-
bum vocatur. Nobis Lead. In multis locis
hujus Regionis reperitur. Lead, from Hoptons Lead-hills. Lead Ore, from South Ronaldsa, one of the
Orkney Isles. Lead 72 72 Liber Primus, Lead Ore, from the Isle of Sanda, there. Lead Ore, from the Lord Duffus his Ground. Lead Ore, from the Duke of Queensberry his
Mine. CAPUT TERTIUM.
De Semi-Metallis.
Of Imperfect Metalls. IMperfectaImperfecta Metalla, seu semi-Metalla, ea
sunt quæ affinitatem cum Metallis ha-
bent; sed non sunt ductilia; sed friabilia
aut fluida. Cujusmodi hic habentur Bismutum, Marcasita Argentea Cæsalpini;
Germanis, Bismut. Differt ab utroque plum-
bo, colore & duritie; nitet quandoque Ar-
genti colore, interdum purpureo diluto;
Simile Stibio, seu Antimonio, quoàd Figu-
ram, sed colore præstantius, Stellatum An-
timonii Regulum referens. Antimonium; quibusdam Stimmi; Stibium.
Nobis Antimony; said to be found in
the North of Scotland. Argentum vivum. Nobis Quick-silver. Cinnabaris nativa rubra striata. Nobis Na-
tive Cinnabar. 'Tis of a Scarlet colour. Cinnabaris nativa rubra Lævis; This is of a
darker red colour; and is ponderous. Finis Libri Primi. LIBER
73 ( 73 ) LIBER SECUNDUS.
De Vegetabilibus Rarioribus. MEthodoMethodo nostrâ, quæ ab Ignobiliori-
bus ad Nobiliora ascendit, succedunt
Vegetabilia, quæ vivunt, augentur & sibi
similia procreare apta nata sunt, cùm au-
tem inter ea Fungi & Musci maximè igno-
biles sint, de iis primò agendum est. CAPUT PRIMUM.
De Fungis & Muscis, iisque affinibus,
rarioribus.
Of Mushrooms and Mosses. AGericusAgericus; Fungus est Abieti, Piceæ
Sylvestri, Tedæ & Larici adnascens,
reliquis autem præfertur lariceus, al-
bus, levis, friabilis. Auricula Judæ; Fungus sambucinus, mem-
braneâ constat cute, implicatâ & si-
nuosâ, coloris ex cineraceo nigri-
cantis, brevissimo aut nullo fermè
pediculo sambuci caudici adhæret, M aut 74 74 Liber Secundus,
aut singularis, aut geminus, cum pri-
mùm folia producit Sambucus, ejus
caudici adnasci solet. Nobis, Jews
Ear vocatur. Fungus Rosæ caninæ; Spongiola sylvestris
Rosæ, Dodonæi. Villosus est, rubi-
cundus, muscidus, floccis velleris
sericei quasi ornatus: qui tamen
muscus, diutiùs si asservetur, deci-
dit, & corpus tuberosum relinquit,
puniceum, fungosum & durum. Cal-
culosis præcipuum remedium esse,
asserit Plinius. Lib 14. Fungus phalloides J. B. Fungus penis vi-
rilis effigie; Ger. Fœtidus penis i-
maginem referens. C. B. Hunc op-
timè describit Io: Raius, Historiæ
Plantarum, Tom. 1. Lib. 2. Cap. 8. I
found it in Caribber Bank, and in the
Links of Kirkaldie. Fungus pulverulentus, dictus crepitus lupi.
J: B: Noxius 42, sive rotundus or-
bicularis C: B: Puff-Balls, or
dusty Mushrome. Calcatus crepitum
edit, & fumum pulverulentum e-
mittit. Siccat admodùm & astrin-
git, unde vulneribus inspersus san-
guinem fistit. Oculis inimicus cen-
setur. Fungus 75 de Vegetabilibus rarioribus. 75 Fungus Arboreus ad Ellychnia J. B. F. Nox.
3. sive in caudicibus nascens un-
guis equini figurâ C. B. Touch-wood.
Descriptionem hujus, & modum
præparandi, quo, ad concipiendum
ignem aptus redditur, vide apud Io:
Raium Hist. Plant. Tom. 1. Sect. 3.
Cap. 7. Muscus Pyxidatus J. B. Terrestris ramosus
13. sive Pyxioïdes Terrestris G. B.
Cup-moss. Hujus pulvis in Zytho-
galo, alióve convenienti vehiculo,
per aliquot dies exhibitus, tussim
convulsivam puerorum, nobis Kink-
host dictum, lenire & fanare dici-
tur. Muscus Abietis facie. C. B. I found it grow-
ing in Loch-cote Hills, in the Clefs
of a Rock. Describitur Scotiæ Illu-
stratæ, Part. 2, Lib. 1. Cap. 12. Muscus Catharticus nostras, An Islandi-
cus Tho. Bartholini, Act. Med ?
It is found in the Island Stroma, adja-
cent to Caithness. The people there
make use of it for purging their bodies.
Vide Scot: Illustrat: loco nuper ci-
tato. Muscus minimus tenuissimusque, Asplenii
facie. It is described in the Scotia Il-
M 2 lustrata, 76 76 Liber Secundus,
lustrata, the place last cited. And the
Figure of it may be seen there, Tab. 2.
Fig. 5. I found it upon the Dykes of the
Inclosure of the Kipps. Muscus foliis lini Cathartici. I found it in the
same place last mentioned. Muscus Cranio humano innatus: Musco
Arboreo crustaceo congener est.
Celebratur à Chymicis Usneæ Titu-
lo: & in hæmorrhagia aliisque af-
fectibus commendatur. Lichen petræus purpureus Derbiensis Par-
kinsoni; muscus tinctorius, crustæ
modo, petris adnascens. Cork or
Arcel. Nostratibus the scurf of which
is made the Corkie Lit. Our people
in the Isles and Highlands make use
of it for Dying cloath of a Purple co-
lour. Crustæ aut Licheni similior
est quàm Plantæ, visúque & tactu
pinguior est. Coccum, seu granum infe& torium, common-
ly, but absurdly, called the Kermes-
Berry, as not being a fruit, but only
a round Ball or Button, nourished on the
Boughs and Leaves of the dwarf Ilex,
or the Ilex Coccigera; A kind of
Shrub which may be seen growing in
the Medicine Garden of this City. This Berry 77 de Vegetabilibus rarioribus. 77
Berry when fresh gathered, is of a Crim-
son Juyce or Pulp, so called, which, for
the most part of it, is a heap of small red
Mites, and containeth also, as is probable,
one or moe Maggots, which feed upon
the Mites. This Juyce or Pulp is made
use of for the Confection of Alkermes,
and other purposes: the way how it is
prepared, may be seen in the Musæum
of the Royal Society, Pag: 240. Coccus Radicum; Cochinele. Dr. Grew is
of the opinion that it is an Animal Bo-
dy as the Kermes Berry, by some Insect
affixed to a Plant; and thence nourish-
ed for a time, but gathered before it be
fill'd with Mites or Maggots. For being
held, as the Kermes-berry, in the flame
of a Candle, it usually buffs and swells,
but always stinks like Hair or Horn,
when they are burnt, Mr: Dampier,
in his Voyage, saith the Cochineel is an
Insect bred in a sort of Fruit much like
the prickle Pear; the Tree is called by
the Spaniards Toona's: You may see
the History of the Cochineel he giveth
Pag. 228, and 229 of his Voyage.
The learned Dr. Lister is of opinion, that
Cochineel is a sort of Kermes. See his
Letter Philos. Transact. Num. 87. In 78 78 Liber Secundus,
In the Philosophical Transactions, Num.
176. You may see three several Figures,
representing the Cochineel Fly, as seen
on its Belly, by the help of the Micro-
Scope, and by the naked Eye; and as
seen on its Back through a Microscope;
the Draughts were communicated by the
ingenious Dr. Tyson. CAPUT SECUNDUM.
De Herbis & Radicibus rarioribus.
Of Stalks and Roots of Herbs. ADiantumAdiantum nigrum majus nostras, foliis
vulgari duplo longioribus & lati-
oribus, saturatæ magis viriditatis,
cauliculis quoque longioribus & ni-
grioribus. Ejus figura habetur in
Scotiâ illustratâ, Tab. 4. Fig: 1. I
found it in Lothcote-Hills in West-
Lothian. Adianto vero affine nostras minus, folio
obtuso, saturatè viridi altius in-
ciso, cum pediculo viridi minore. I
found it in the Cleft of a Rock, on the
West of Lothcote Loch. The Figure
of it may be seen in the Scotia Illu-
strata, Tab, 2. Fig, 1. Adi- 79 de Vegetabilibus rarioribus. 79 Adiantum nostras majus, Coriandri folio,
in apice nonnihil rotundo, pediculo
pallidè rubente, Adianto vero affine.
It was found by Dr. Irvine in the Coves
at the Weems: Folio tenuiori & ma-
gis viridi est. Figura ejus habetur
Scot: Illustr. Tab. 2. Fig. 2. Trichomanes, sive Polytrichum nostras.
English Maiden-hair, folio crenato.
Ejus figura habetur Scot. illustr:
Tab. 2. Fig. 3. I found it in the cleft
of a Rock near to Emanuel Nunnerie
in Sterling-Shire. Trichomanes nostras foliis mucronatis pro-
fundè incisis: ejus folia utrinque ex
adverso disponuntur Trichomanis
vulgaris more, sed à basi latiore in
mucronem desinunt, & magis inci-
sa sunt; parte postici rubignosa,
caulis rubescit. Ejus icon habetur
Scot. illust. Tab. 2. Fig. 4. I found
it at the West end of Lothcote Loch,
in the clefts of the Rock. Astragulus sylvaticus foliis oblongis glabris
B P. Astragaloïdes, sive Astragulus
sylvaticus, Astragalo magno Fuchsii,
vel chamæbalano leguminosæ af-
finis planta J: B: Orobus sylvaticus
nostras perennis siliquis propenden-
tibus, 80 80 Liber Secundus,
tibus, radice tuberosâ Morisoni Hist.
Oxon. Wood-pease or Heath-pease. 'Tis
found in Edinburgh Park, and many
other places Icon ejus habetur Scot.
illustr. Tab. 1. with the Tubera de-
lineated. I take the Tubera to be the
meat of the ancient Britons mentioned
by Dion, in the life of Severus the
Emperor, vid. Scot. illust. Part. 1.
Lib. 1. Cap. 17, 18, 19. Rosa Ciphiana; Rosa Pimpinellæ foliis mi-
nor nostras, Flore eleganter varie-
gato Sutherlandi. The lesser Scotish
Burnet, or Pimpinel-Rose, with fine
stript Flowers 'Tis described in the
Scotiâ illustrat: Part. 2. Lib. 1. Pag.
46. And there is a Figure of it there,
Tab. 2. Fragariæ sylvestri affinis Planta trifolia,
pentapetala, flore luteo, non scrip-
ta. Ejus icon habetur Scot. illustr.
Tab. 6 Fig. 1. It was found in the
Wood of Comry in Strath-Erne. Imperatoriæ affinis, umbellifera maritima
Scotica, Sutherlandi; Apium Ma-
rinum, quibusdam. Scotish Sea-
Masterwort. It was found growing u-
pon the Shore in sundry places. Ejus
icon 81 de Vegetabilibus rarioribus. 81
icon habetur Scot: illust: Tab. 12.
Fig. 2. Echio affinis Planta Marina nostras, folio
incano, ad cordis effigiem formato;
ejus icon habetur, Scot. illustr. Tab.
12. Fig. 4. It is found alongst the Shore
of the Firth; It spreads its branches
round it, and hath a blue Flower like
to the Bugloss Flower. Horminum sylvestre latifolium Tingitanum.
Ejus icon habetur Scot. illust. Tab.
6. Fig. 2. Alcanne Radix. The root of the Alkanet, used
for dying red. Radix Ipecacuanhæ Margravii, Hist: Bra-
silliæ, & Gulielmi Pisonis Hist. Nat.
utriusque Indiæ;ad curationem Dy-
senteriæ commendata. Referente
clarissimo Botanico, Domino Tur-
nefortio tres ejus species usur-
pantur, viribus non planè similes,
Peruana nempe, Brasiliana & alba.
Ipecacuanha Peruana præstantior
est, quæ Gades advehitur & voca-
tur ab Hispanis Bexoguillo. Ejus
radix duas aut tres lineas crassa est,
tortuosa & quasi annulatim exaspe-
rata, dilutè fusca, & ad Cinamo-
mi colorem quadantenus accedens,
N nervo 82 82 Liber Secundus,
nervo exiguo mediam radicem per-
vadente; cortex verò lineam cras-
sus est, dilutior intùs, durus, fragilis
cum siccus est, amaricans & non-
nihil odoratus ac resincsus. Quæ autem ex Brasilia Ulissiponem
desertur, tota tenuior est, rugosa ma-
gis, dentibus quasi incisa, colore &
amarore intensiori: vehementiorem
vomitum excitat. Ipecacuanha alba rugis caret,
unam aut duas lineas crassa est, &
amaroris expers, è candido in fla-
vum tendens. Fatetur Piso eam
longè benigniorem esse & venenis
adversari. Parisiis à Domino Tur-
nefortio exhibita, ad drachmam
unam vel duas, vomitum non ex-
citavit, sed per inferiora purgavit,
nec tamen dysenteriam sanavit. Caules Ipecacuanhæ quæ vendi
solent cum Radice, nequaquam
sunt rejiciendi, eandem enim fa-
cultatem obtinent. I had this
account from Dr. Turnefort his
Manuscript, de materia Medicâ, com-
municated to me by the ingenious Dr.
Wallace. Serpentariæ Virginiana Radix; quibusdam planta 83 de Vegetabilibus rarioribus. 83
planta viperina Virginiana dici-
tur. Planta sui generis, quæ, re-
ferente clarissimo Hermanno, fo-
lia similia Vincetoxici foliis gerit,
quòd autopsiá confirmatur. Radi-
ces sunt fuscæ, exiles, transversæ, pluribus fibris tenuissimis capillace-
is, palmam superantibus, amaris &
aromaticis munitæ, à lavendulæ
odore non multùm alienæ. Nobis
Virginian Snake-weed Contrayervæ Hispanica Radix, sive Dra-
kenæ, Clusii. Floris passionalis ea
species perhibetur esse quæ folium
habet bifidum; Nobis Counter-poy-
son. Radice est nodosâ & quasi tu-
berosa, foris è rufo nonnihil pur-
purascente, è qua pendent plurimæ
fibræ concolores, aromaticæ et in-
tùs pallidæ, saporis astringentis est,
odoris autem aromatici. Rizagon Radix, quibusdam Casminar, à
Bengal sinu Gangetico deportata. In-
terior substantia alba est, amari-
cantis et aromatici saporis, fibras
magnas habet. Radix Ninsing Wormii, Ninzin, corruptly
called Genfing of Dr. Grew. Descri-
bed by Pilo, Mantissæ aromaticæ,
N 2 c. 15. 84 84 Liber Secundus,
c. 15. Almost of the colour of a Pars-
nep, with something of a yellowish hue;
no bigger than a little Skirret, and of
like consistence, of a sweetish taste,
something also bitter; sweet in the low-
est degree, and bitter in the second;
sometimes stringy, sometime divided
into two legs. Radix Raphani Sinensis nigri & rotundi, the
root of the China Orbicular Rifort. This
is blackish, at least variegated with
black and white spots; It is Orbicular,
but tapereth at the lower end, and shoots
forth there tavo roots, and several big
Fibres: the taste is stronger than that
of the common, and hath some Aroma-
matick taste. The Root is big. Raphani Sinensis longi et albi Radix. This
is long and large, and of a white co-
lour; hath tavo Legs out from it, and
several Fibres: It is not of so hot a taste
as the other. Both these were raised
from Seed, in the King's Garden at
Holy-rood-house. Zedoaria longa, Offic: C. B. Ceylanica,
Camphoram redolens. Herm. Cat.
Zedoary; Radicem habet longam,
digitum minimum crassam, paulu-
lum compressam, paucis fibris in-
tertextam, 85 de Vegetabilibus rarioribus. 85
tertextam, utrinque in mucronem
obtusum definentem, foris candi-
dam, intùs ex cinereo in fuscum
colorem vergentem, densam, foli-
dam, pinguem, ponderosam, sa-
pore subamaro, mediocriter acri,
cum gravitate quâdam, etsuavitate
valde aromatica: Ejusdem radicis
appendices tuberosæ et rotundæ,
Zerumbeth appellantur. Folia Zingi-
beris foliis similia sunt, ampliora
tamen, et sesquidodrantalia, pallidè
virentia, tenuia duas uncias lata,
utrimque acuminata, & pediculo
palmari insidentia, qui in costam
definit, è quâ venulæ utrimque o-
bliquæ ad margines protenduntur.
Oritur in Indiis Orientalibus &
Zingiber sylvestre vocari solet.
Probatur Zedoaria digitum mini-
mum longa et crassa, foris ex albo
rubescens, intùs alba, plena non
rugosa, gravis; fractu contumax,
teredinis expers, sapore acri aro-
matico ad Rosmarinum et Campho-
ram accedente. Turnfort. Ma-
nuscripto de materiâ medicâ. CAPUT 86 86 Liber Secundus, CAPUT TERTIUM.
De Lignis & Corticibus.
Of Woods and Barks. LIgnumLignum Tortilatum nostras: A piece of
an Elm Tree, which grew at the Kipps,
with an handle growing to it. It seem-
eth both Art and Nature hath concur-
red in this. I thought for its rarity it
might have place amongst the other cu-
riosities. Agallochum præstantissimum; Ligno Thuïæ
simili, maculato, odorato, quod
Cortice crasso, aliquantulum ver-
sicolore, vestitur, sapore amaro.
It is called in the Indies Calamba. The
Tree is like the Olive Tree, and some-
what larger: the innermost part of
the Wood smelleth best. Agallochum officinarum, Xyloaloe. Palo
d'Aquila, vel Agula Linscotano. Lig-
num est leve, fibrosum, coloris ci-
nerei flavescentis, aromatici, sa-
poris subdulcis, odoris grati. Cinamomi Arboris lignum; laurus Zeila-
nica baccis calyculatis, Hermanni:
Cassia Cinamomea, Cinamomum sive 87 de Vegetabilibus rarioribus. 87
sive Canella Zeylanica C. B. p. in
Hist. Horti Academ. Lugduno-bat.
He hath two Figures of it under the
name of Cassia Cinamomea, sive Ci-
namomum. This groweth in great
abundance in Zeylan. A Turnefor-
tio autem sic describur in materiâ
medicâ. Radix Arboris quæ Cina-
momum profert, crassa est, multi-
fida, fibrosa, dura & in terram re-
cta descendens, intùs albicans, et
odoris expers; foris vero, cortice
obducitur è rufo cinereo aut subru-
bente, & odorem Camphoræ ex-
spirante. Truncus ad quatuor vel
quinque hexapedas validè brachia-
tus, cortice externo crassiore, pri-
mùm viridi, deinde rubescente, et
sapore fermè destituto, cui subest
alius tenuior cortex, saporis cum
dulcedine acris, aromatici et admo-
dùm jucundi; qui deglubitus et in
sole exsiccatus in Europam affer-
tur, et venditur Cinamomi aut Ca-
nellæ nomine. Folia ad Citri vel
Lauri folia accedunt, alternatim
nascentia, palmam superantia, gla-
bra, nitida, pediculo in tres nervos
per longitudinem decurrentes abe-
unte, 88 88 Liber Secundus,
unte, qui parte aversâ magis emi-
nent, Plantaginis nervorum ritu:
demum folia odorata sunt, et Cina-
momi saporem reserunt, quâ ma-
ximè norâ distinguntur à foliis Ma-
labathri. Flores stellati sunt, hexa-
petali, è viridi dilutè albicantes &
quasi in Muscarium dispositi cum
pistillo viridi, qui mutatur in Bac-
cam oblongo-rotundam, quatuor
vel quinque lineas longam, gla-
bram, primùm viridem, deinde è
cæruleo fuscam et punctis albis con-
spersam. Continet autem sub pul-
pá unctuosâ, adstringente et suba-
cri, testam tenuem et fragilem, in
quâ adest nucleus oblongo-rotun-
dus acris, et quasi incarnati coloris.
Fructus autem calicem habet tan-
quam cupulam sexcuspidatam. Nas-
citur Cinamomum in Infula Zeilo-
na, et Malabarâ; sed Zeylonicum
præstantius est. Probatur ex flavo
dilutè rubescens, tenuius aromati-
cum, saporis dulcis, suavis, cum a-
credine non ingratâ. Quod in Ma-
labarâ, Sumatrâ et Javâ nascitur,
Cassia lignea vocatur. Lignum Nephriticum Parkinsoni. Pyro Arbor 89 de Vegetabilibus rarioribus. 89
Arbor similis est, materie et magni-
tudine; in ramis verò folia alter-
natim nascuntur Ciceris formâ, sed
crassiora & divisuris carentia, semi-
unciam longa, quatuor lineas lata,
supernè obscurè virentia, & levibus
villis aspersa, infernè lanugine ar-
genteâ splendent, cum nervo me-
dio elatiore, Flores summis ramulis
hærent, quos exsiccatos Turnefor-
tius describere non potuit. Cali-
ces autem monotomi quinquesidi
Calathum referentes & lanugine ru-
fâ obducti. Hæc descripsit D. Turne-
fortius ex ramo quem Gadibus ac-
cepit, à Chirurgo quodam Gallo,
ex novâ Hispaniâ, reduce, in quâ
Lignum Nephriticum nascitur. Lig-
num Nephriticum ex flavo palles-
cit, solidum est & grave, saporis
subacris vel amaricantis. Ejus cor-
tex nigrescit, & medulla fusca est;
aquam, intra dimidiam circiter ho-
ram, colore cæruleo tingit, minu-
tim concisum & in eâ macerarum,
Wormius refert flores esse exiguos,
oblongos, luteos, spicatim dige-
stos. O Lignum 90 90 Liber Secundus, LIgnumLignum Fossille, Pitwood. 'Tis smooth, soft
and light. Winteranus cortex; Nobis, Winter's Ci-
namom. Duplex est, Spurius & ve-
rus. Both these were sent to me by the
Learned and Ingenious Dr. Sloan, Se-
cretary to the Royal Society, who giv-
eth the best account of them that I have
seen. Cortex Winteranus verus Laurifolia Ma-
gellanica cortice acri C. B. p. Peri-
clymenum rectum foliis laurinis
cortice acri aromatico, Do-
mini Sloan. He hath given the Fi-
gure of one of the Twigs of it, and a
description of it, which may be seen in
the Philos. Transact. Num. 204. Cortex Winteranus spurius. Arbor Bacci-
fera, Laurifolia, Aromatica, fructu
viridi calyculato ramoso. Wild Ci-
namon Tree, commonly, but falsly, cal-
led Cortex Winteranus. It is described
and Figured, in the Philosoph. Trans-
act. Num. 192 This groweth in the
Low-land, or Savanna Woods, fre-
quently in Jamaica, and is the same
that is called by some Canella aiba,
and by C. B Cinamomum, sive Ca-
nella tubis minoribus alba. The first, which 91 de Vegetabilibus rarioribus. 91
which is the true Cortex Winteranus,
grows in the middle of the Straits of
Magellan very plentifully, yet the taste
of both is much the same; and Doctor
Sloan thinketh they may be used, as a
succedaneum, one for the other, though
the true, when it may be had, is to be
valued beyond the false, being much
more Aromatick. Cortex Peruvianus, China Chinæ, & Quin-
quina quibusdam, Nobis, The Pe-
ruvian Bark. Cortex esse refertur
ramorum & Radicum cujusdam Ar-
boris peruvianæ, quæ non longè nas-
citur ab Urbe Quito & cujus icon
prostat Romæ in Collegio Jesuita-
rum, qui tantum Thesaurum in
Europam invexerunt, unde dicitur
Pulvis Jesuiticus. Folia, ut aiunt,
sunt similia foliis prunorum rubro-
rum; Flores Mali punici Floribus
sunt similes; Cortex (quo utimur)
fuscus & admodum siccus est, duas
aut tres lineas crassus, amarus, stip-
ticus, & nescio quid resinosi con-
tinet. Crassitie mediocri ut plu-
rimùm est, foràs scaber, paululùm
canescens, aliquando musco obdu-
ctus, intùs lævis, coloris ferrugi-
O 2 nei, 92 92 Liber Secundus,
nei, saporis acris & intensè amari.
Sunt qui duas esse cortices affirmant,
utramque ex Indiâ occidentali ad-
ferri. Vera, est ea quæ superiùs
descripta est; altera falsa, tenera
esse dicitur, foràs Coloris cinerei &
canescentis, intùs ex fusco aut ob-
scuro ferruginei, saporis acris, ama-
ricantis, subpinguis, odorïs fragran-
tis. Quibusdam, Cortex Elaterii
esse videtur. CAPUT QUARTUM.
De Fructibus Rarioribus
Of Fruits LIgnaLigna & Cortices, methodo nostrâ, fru-
ctus rariores sequuntur. Ex his in
hoc Scrinio habentur Abrus, Prospero Alpino dictus; Pisum indi-
cum Coccineum minus, Bauhini.
Fructus est Piso minori similis, du-
ritsimus, orbicularis ferè figuræ,
colore prorsus rubeo & nitente;
summa autem parte, quâ filiquæ
adhæsit, omnino atro colore & læ-
vore splendens; difficilè dentibus
cedit, 93 de Vegetabilibus rarioribus. 93
cedit, sapore legumina imitatur &
insuavis est. Pisum Indicum coccineum majus. This is
near as big as one of our field Beans, and
of a figure inclining to a quadrangular,
two parts of it of a Scarlet colour, and
the third part of it of a Black colour:
the blackness is upon one of the sides. Phaseoli Molucani, Prod. Nat. Hist Scotiæ,
Molucca Beans. There are nine several
sorts of these cast in upon the West-Isles,
and the Orkney-Iles, and the Coast
of the High-lands, they are in all pro-
bability carried by the Winds and Cur-
rent, into the Northern American Sea,
from whence by be West-winds they are
brought to the Coasts of Scotland above-
mentioned. The Right Honourable the
Viscount of Tarbet, in a Letter of his
to that great Mathematician Mr. James
Gregory, in the Philos. Transactions,
Numb. 117 thinketh if they grow on-
ly about the Molucca Isles, or in no place
on this side the Æquator, it would seem
more probable that they came by the
Northern passage, than any other way;
and their freshness in the Kernel seems
that they rather have been kept in the
cold Conservatory, than in the warm
Baths 94 94 Liber Secundus,
Baths of the other progress. The learn-
ed Dr. Sloan, in the Philoph. Trans-
act. Numb. 222, Observeth that he
gathered three sorts of those Beans in
Jamaica, where they grow, and hath
mentioned them in the Catalogue of the
Plants of that Island published by him,
and hath given very ingeniously his O-
pinion how they come to our Scotish
Coast: It may be seen in the Transacti-
on last cited. I shall give the Names
of the Beans cast in upon our Coast
which have come to my hand, viz. Phaseolus Maximus perennis, Folio decom-
posito lobo maximo contorto; Cocoons
Domini Sloan. Phaseolus alatus in-
dicus, fructu fusco orbiculato max-
imo, lobis latissimis & longissimis,
Hermanni. Parad. Bat. pr. p. 365.
Perimkaku-valli. Hort: Mal. part
8. p. 59. Nux indica ex quâ pyx-
ides parant pro pulvere sternuta-
torio. Prod. Nat. Hist Scotiæ. This
growth in both the hot, East and West-
Indies. Phaseolus Americanus frutescens, foliis
glabris, lobis pluribus villosis pun-
gentibus, fructu orbiculari plano,
hilo nigro, tanquam annulo, to-
tum 95 de Vegetabilibus rarioribus. 95
tum fere ambiente, Plukenet. Tab.
213. Fig. 2. The Horse-eye Beane of Dr.
Sloan. Lobus Echinatus, fructu cæsio, foliis longi-
oribus. Herm. Parad. Bat. pr. p.
348. The Ash coloured Nickar of Dr.
Sloan. Catal. plantarum in Insulâ
Jamaicâ. This is the Fruit of that
Tree. Lobus Echinatus fructu flavo, foliis rotun-
dioribus, Hermanni, Parad. Bat.
pr. p. 348. Pisum ochræ colore,
Clus. exot. lib. 3. cap. 15. p. 71.
Bonduch pianta Indiana di color
Citrino Zanoni. p. 44. The yellow
Nickar tree of Dr. Sloan. Catal.
plantarum in Jamaica. This is the Fruit of that Tree. Fructus exoticus nonus à Jac-Gareto accep-
tus, Clusii. Fructus exoticus orbi-
cularis, sulcis nervisq; distinctus,
4tus seu fructus alter Splendens,
quatuor sulcis distinctus. C. B. Pin:
Where this grows Authors are silent. Phaseolus peregrinus fructu oblongo crassi-
ore, nigro. This is of a dark brown
colour oblong, thick and convex in both
sides; it hath a black hilus, or West
almost surrounding it, it is larger, longer, and 96 96 Liber Secundus,
and more raised than that mentioned in
the second place. Phaseolus Indicus oblongo-rotundus, colo-
re ex albo pallescente lineis fuscis
ex media parte notatus. Phaseolus ruber Indicus oblongus, hilo ni-
gro unum latus percurrente. Phaseolus Indicus triangularis, basi latiore
& crassiore, fusci & obscuri Coloris,
hilo nigro duo latera ambiente.
This hath a red line on each side of the
black hilus, These three are cast in by
the Sea upon the Coaft of the West-
Isles, and were brought to me by Mr.
Martin. Phaseolus utriusq; India lobis villosis pun-
gentibus minor, Hermanni. par.
Bat. prod. p. 364. Phaseolus Zur-
ratensis siliquâ hirsutâ pungente,
Morisoni. Hist. plant. part. 2. p.
69. phaseolus Americanus, foliis
lanugine obsitis molli, siliquis plu-
rimis hirsutis pungentibus, semine
fusco punctato, Pluken. Tab.
214. Fig. 1. An Poisoned weed of
Smiths summer Isles of Dr. Sloan,
Catal. plant. in Jamaicâ? It grow-
eth in Barbados, and is commonly cal-
led Cowhage.
Lobus 97 de Vegetabilibus rarioribus. 97 Lobus oblongus aromaticus, Clus. exot. lib.
3. cap. 18. p. 72. Lobus aroma-
ticus subfuscus, terebinthi corni-
culis similis. C. B. p. The Vaynil-
las of Hughes. In mediterraneis um-
brosis Sylvis insulæ Jamaicæ: Vai-
nillus officin. Fructus compres-
sus, formâ vaginam, referens,
exteriùs nigricans, quasi coriace-
us, interiùs pulpâ concolori cum
minutissimis acinis, instar ficûs re-
fertus, saporis subacris, pinguis &
aromatici, odoris fragrantis, mos-
chum redolentis. Ingreditur Cha-
colatum. Globuli Saponarii Wormii; Fructus mag-
nitudine Cerasi, rotundus, colore
fuscus, colore exteriùs subrusso, lentâ
quâdam pulpâ tectus, quâ sublata, re-
linquitur sphæra quædam maximè
rotunda, coloris nigri, adeò dura
ut non, nisi malleo, confringi possit,
Semen amarum & exiguum in se
habet; pulpa exterior saponis vices
subit. Binis aut ternis, cum calidâ
aquâ, vestes abluuntur: plurimam
spumam excitant, eofdemque effe-
ctus præbent quos Sapo, paulatim
liquescentes donec folæ sphærulæ
P nigræ 98 98 Liber Secundus,
nigræ supersint quæ officulum sunt
fructus. Fructus, qui Acaiou, Theveto; Caious,
Acostæ; Caios, Linscotano dicitur:
Accuratè à Gul. Pisone & Geor.
Margravio describitur. The Acaiu, or
Caious Akorne of Grew; the fruit, or
rather one part of the Fruit of a Tree
growing in Brasile (where it is called
Acaiaiba) and other West-Indian
Countries. The whole Fruit is called
Acaiu; that part next the branch, by
Piso, the Aple, but it is shaped more
like a Pear, to the top of which grows
this part which is called the Akorn, in
shape almost of a Hares Kidney; saving
that where it grows to the Aple, it is
thicker than at the other end; of a
smooth surface ( here ) mixed with
Ashen and Brown. It and the Ana-
cardium seem to be two species under
one Kind. Anacardium, fructus est unciam longus aut
superans, compressus, nigricans,
cordis quodammodo effigie, niti-
dus, & nucleum intùs complectens,
inter quem & corticem adest
Liquor quidam acris & lentus. It
is named from some likeness it hath to a
little 99 de Vegetabilibus rarioribus. 99
little Heart, but flattish, and near as big as
a Garden Bean described by Garcias and
Bauhinus, and Figured by Besler. Amomum racemosum, quod verum Amo-
mum B. Pin. fructu est racematim
vel dense compacto, duas uncias
longo. Singuli verò fructus subro-
tundi sunt, trigoni, sicci, semiun-
ciam longi, dilutè ruffescentes,
membranacei, in apice crassiores, &
capitulo exiguo donati; intùs in
tres cellulas distinguuntur tenuium
membranarum ope, & continent
plurima semina, densè aggesta, an-
gulosa, fusca, saporis & odoris
Camphoræ, salivam capiose elicientis
præ acrimoniâ. Cacao nux. The Cacaw nut, Amygdalis
similis, Guatimalensis, C. B. Nu-
clei Amygdalis similes & magnitu-
dine & formâ & consistentiâ, sed
paulò tumidiores, saporis subpin-
guis, oleosi & subamari, colore
obscuriùs rubente, Odoris nullius.
Ex nucleis cum aliis fructibus & a-
romatis & sacharo conficitur massa
Chacolata dicta. Arbor cujus fructus
nux est, est procera, cortice gla-
bro, foliis longis glabris & acumi-
P 2 natis, 100 100 Liber Secundus,
natis, floribus magnis, pentape-
talis, flavis, fructu magno. Some
of them are five Inches long, and about
two over, shaped like a Garden Cu-
cumber, but the stalk end a little slen-
derer: within the Rind are contained
about Fifteen or Twenty Kernels, near
as big as a Garden Bean, but smaller
at the one end; the Fruit grows prin-
cipally in New Spain, and the Pro-
vince of Guatimalla in Mexico, in
which the Kernels are used ( saith
Jo. Acosta ) in stead of Money. Nux Cocco. The Coco Nut. The Fruit of a
very tall Tree, both in the East and
West-Indies, growing only upon the top
of it; Excellently well described by Dr.
Grew in the Museum of the Royal
Society: It is one of the most useful
Trees in the World; of the Husk or
outmost fibrous Cover of it, all sorts of
Ropes and Cables are made in India.
Of the Shells they make Ladles and o-
ther Vessels. The inmost Cover next
the Kernell whilst it contains only Li-
quor they eat with Salt as a pleasant
Meat, the said Liquor is commonly used
as a clear sweet and cool Drink.
They make Vinegar of it, and they draw 101 de Vegetabilibus rarioribus. 101
draw a Wine from it; they make a
Sugar of this Liquor too; from the Kernells
when fresh and well stamped, they
press out a Milk which they mix and
eat with their Rice-meats: of the Ker-
nells dryed and stamped, they make Oyl
both to eat and to burn; of the Leaves
of the Tree they make the Sails of their
Ships, and Covers for their Houses, and
Tents, and Summer Hats; of the Wood
they make Ships without Nails, sew-
ing the several parts together with the
Cords made of the Husk of the Nut. An orbicular Cocco shell, cast in by the Sea
upon the Welt-Isles. A scaled Conick fruit, of kin to the Yecotl.
An Nux Indica tesselata, J. Bau-
hini? This was cast in upon the West-
Isles, and brought to me with the other,
by Mr. Martin. Nux Vomica officinarum. Vomica vulgò of-
ficin: Compressa, hirsuta. J. B.
Vomik nut; in Malabar oritur. Semina
orbiculata, compressa corneâ duritiâ,
colore cinereo, foris parùm lanugi-
noso, Saporis amari. Of the shape
and bigness of a midling Troch, covered
with short hair of a greenish brown,
very hard and horny, and almost solid;
saving 102 102 Liber Secundus,
saving that in the midle it incloseth a
thin film, which is the true seed;
whereof the horny body, called the nut,
is only a great thick Cover. Tribulus aquaticus officinarum. C. B.
Warter Caltrops. Fructus quadru-
plici armatus est mucrone, duabus
aliis proturberantiis obtusis, in me-
dio eorum exstantibus, cortice mem-
branoso, albâ intùs medullà, gustu
Castaneis haud obsimili. Avellana purgatrix Wormii The Barbado
nut, 'Tis about the bigness of a Fil-
bert; The Shell blackish, thin and
brittle, and somewhat angular, within
there is a white soft body, one intire part,
yet hath some little hollowness in the
midle, capable to lodge a very thin
filme, this filme is the true Kernell.
These Nuts work strongly, both by Vo-
mit and Stool. The Cathartick power
of the Nut lies only or chiefly in the
thin film, for this being taken out, the
rest may be eaten, as any other. Cocculi Indi aromatici. Aromatick Indian
Berries, of Grew. Sweet sented pep-
per, or Jamaica pepper, of Hughs.
Myrtus arborea aromatica foliis
Laurinis. Cariophillus aromaticus
America- 103 de Vegetabilibus rarioribus. 103
Americanus lauri acuminatis foliis
fructu orbiculari, pluken. Tab. 155.
Fig. 4. Pimienta, Jamaica pepper,
or all-spice-tree of Dr. Sloan. Catal.
plantarum in Jamaica. In monto-
sis sylvis Jamaicæ ubique crescit. Trifolium Cochleatum minus. Trifolium Cochleatum, folio cordato ma-
culato. Bon, vel Ban, J. B. Coffe officin: Arbor
ad cerasos minores proximè acce-
dit ramis, foliis & magnitudine:
folia solida sunt bina ex adverso
posita, nitida, duas uncias supe-
rantia, in ovali oblonga & in mu-
cronem exquisitum desinentia. De
floribus nihil constat. Semina af-
feruntur ex Arabiâ in Europam;
hæc autem continentur in testâ
Olivæ formam assequente, fusca,
tenuia, quinque aut sex lineas lon-
ga, tres lineas crassa; plerumque
monocapsularis, interdum bicap-
sularis est Semina tenui membranâ,
aliquando multiplici obducuntnr,
dura sunt, è cinereo albicantia,
unâ parte convexa, altreâ depressa
& sulcata, saporis farinacei ac
odoris nullius. Torrentur Semi-
na, 104 104 Liber Secundus,
na, subtilissimè pulverantur, co-
quuntur cum aquâ fontanâ, &
forbillando calidè sumuntur, addito
aliquando sacharo. Turnefortius.
M. S. de materiâ medicâ. Thee chinensium; Thea, Offic: The
Sinensum, sive Tsia Japonensis,
Breinii. Euonymo affinis Arbor
Orientalis Nucifera flore roseo.
Plukenet: Phytograph. Tab. 88.
Chaa. C. B. The Thee, or Tea
plant. Est frutex nascens in Japo-
niâ & Chinà cum plurimis & den-
sis ramis, foliis obscurè virentibus,
unciam longis, quinque lineas latis,
serratis, amaricantibus, & odorem
Violæ referentibus, Flores rofacei
sunt è quinque petalis albicantibus,
aut pallidis constantes, quorum me-
dium occupat numerosa staminum
congeries; horum pistillus mutatur
in fructum Sphæricum, nunc trigo-
num & tricapsularem, aliàs bicoc-
cum, sæpius monocapsularem ni-
gricantem & testâ tenui: Semina
dura sunt, ossea, avellanæ quo-
dammodo formâ, dentibus facilè
franguntur, fusca sunt, levia, &
nucleum continent albidum, ru-
gosum, 105 de Vegetabilibus rarioribus. 105
gosum, primùm subdulci, deinde
amaro & nauseoso sapore. Thee
consert ad appetitum restituendum
& somnolentiam arcendam. In
aquæ serventis unciis sex, duode-
cem circiter folia injici solent, tum
olla deinde ab igne removetur,
paululum sachari additur, & tin-
ctura forbillando propinatur. Tur-
nefort. MS. de materiâ medicâ. Nux moschata fructu rotundo; Nux mos-
chata, offic. Aromatica vulgo
muschata J. B. The Nutmeg-Tree,
Arbor est persicis Malis, aut Pyris
non absimilis, cortice cinereo &
ligno medulloso; folia bina ex ad-
verso nascuntur lætè virentia, pal-
mam longa, glabra, Lauri foliorum
formâ, nullo pediculo affixa, costâ
mediâ ab exortu ad apicem usque
exquisitè percurrente, quâ nervi
obliqui nunc conjugati, nunc al-
terni ad ambitum ascendunt; Me-
dietas folii, quæ ramos respicit ad
exortum angustior est alia medieta-
te, altera enim rotundior est. Folia re-
centia cum manu contrita fragrant,
sed exsiccata acria sunt & aroma-
tica. Flores pyri cerasive floribus
Q pares 106 106 Liber Secundus,
pares magnitudine & colore. His
succedunt fructus orbiculati, nuci
Juglandi similes; adest nempe
putamen crassum & molle, ut in
juglande, villosum, rufum, quod
cum maturescit maculis luteis au-
reisque distinguitur, sicut apud nos
Mala Armeniaca & persica: Puta-
mini subest testa durior è fusco ru-
fescens Maci quasi reticulo ob-
ducta flavescente, aromatica & sa-
poris jucundi cum amarore quo-
dam, in testâ continetur Nux mos-
chata, ovalis, semiunciam superans,
sulcis reticulatim distincta; cine-
rei coloris & solida, intùs ex fla-
vescente & rubro, fusco colore va-
riegato, odoris eximii, saporis a-
cris & cum suavitate amaricantis,
Substantiâ oleosâ & sevo quadante-
nus simili. Nascitur in Moluccis
sed presertim in Insula Banda.
Turnefort: MS. de materiâ me-
dicà. Nux Moschata fructu oblongo B. P. fo-
liis longioribus & crassioribus; nu-
ces majores sunt, unciam superan-
tes, & quasi quadrangulæ, sed dig-
nitate & facultate inferiores. CAPUT. 107 de Vegetabilibus rarioribus. 107 CAPUT QUINTUM.
De Balsamis. NUncNunc de Balsamis agendum, quòd ea
ex Arboribus fluant. In hoc autem
Scrinio servantur Verum Balsamum, sive Balsamum Syri-
acum & Ægyptiacum: Est Refina
liquida & pretiosa ex albido flava,
& odore Citri, fluens ex Arbore
quæ vocatur à C. B. Balsamum
Syriacum Rutæ folio; hæc autem,
ut ait Prosper Alpinus, ad ligustri
vel Cytisi magnitudinem assurgit
& folia pauca gerit, rutæ vel len,
tisco potiús similia, & perpetuò vi-
rentia, terna, quina, aut septena
alæ adnata; ramuli odorati sunt,
resinosi & lenti; flores albi, Accaciæ
floribus proximi, terni singulis
alis appensi, quasi in umbellæ formâ,
& summè odorati; Semina verò
flava, folliculis nigris subrubentibus
includuntur, ordorata, acria, ama-
ra, humorem flavum, melli persi-
milem fundentia. Fructus vocatur
Carpobalsamum, Offic. Liquor e-
jusdem fructus Opobalsamum dici-
Q 2 tur 108 108 Liber Secundus,
tur, & Lignum arboris nuncupa-
tur Zylobalsamum; colitur in Sy-
ria, Arabia & Ægypto in septis,
quibus aditus denegatur Christianis
ex mandato Turcarum Imperatoris.
Liquor, seu Balsamum incisione factâ,
junio, julio & Augusto mensibus
è virgis emanat: Sale acri volatili,
aromatico & oleoso copiose abun-
dat Balsamum verum, Turnefort.
MS. de materiâ medicâ. Balsamum peruvianum; est Refina liqui-
da, amaricans, acris, è rufo pur-
purascens, odoris grati & ad Ben-
zoinum accedentis, quæ facilè ad
ignem ardet. Fluit autem in Peru
& Brasiliâ, ex arbore quâdam folio
exiguo, instar Myrti, ut ait Piso,
cortice cinereo, digitum crasso,
tenui membranâ, miniati coloris
exteriùs cooperto, sub quâ flavus
liquor latitat qui vetus graviorem
spirat odorem fitque consistentiâ
crassior & Coloris punicei. Idem.
ibidem. Balsamum Tolutanum; advehitur è Pro-
vinciâ quadam novæ Hispaniæ Tolu
nuncupatâ, non longè à Carthagi-
ne novâ, & fluit ex arbore pinis
simili 109 de Vegetabilibus rarioribus. 109
simili, patulâ admodum, cum foliis
semper virentibus & Ceratiæ simili-
bus. Balsamum autem est Refina
liquida, colore rubro ad aureum
tendens, mediæ crassitiei inter den-
sum & liquidum, glutinofa, saporis
dulcis & grati, ordoris quasi Limo-
num, nec nauseam movet, ut cæ-
tera Balsama si ore assumantur.
Idem, ibidem. Balsamum Brasiliense, seu de Capahu vel
de Capaivi; Est Refina liquida te-
rebinthinæ similis ex albo flaves-
cens, acris, amaricans, odoris gra-
vis & oleosi; fluens ex arbore quâ-
dam Brasiliana, cujus lignum pur-
pureo colore fulget. Arbor nigri-
cans est & satis procera, & folia
fert subrotunda aut etiam ovalia,
quatuor aut quinque digitos longa,
duos aut tres lata, cum pediculo
digitum longo & crasso, plantagi-
nis modo nervosa, & utrinque bi-
na ad nodos prodeuntia; Fructus
è siliquà rotundâ, magnitudine u-
nius digiti, quæ si digito prematur
facile aperitur, continens nucleum
avellanæ nucis magnitudine & for-
mâ, cuticulâ nigrâ membranaceâ
tectus; 110 110 Liber Secundus,
tectus; paucâ pulpâ, luteâ, lentâ,
molli, odoris instar pisorum con-
tusorum; ipse nucleus constat car-
ne lentâ, instar cornu emolliti, ce-
dit dentibus, saporis infesti & colo-
ris aqueï. Vulnera, cujuscunque
generis, & contusiones brevi curat.
Cæteris Balsamis potentiùs astringit
& resolvit. Idem, ibidem. mulis CAPUT SEXTUM.
De Plantis marinis rarioribus.
Of Sea Plants.
EXEx Plantis marinis quædam sunt consi-
stentiæ durioris, tenacis & quodam-
modo corneæ: Quædam mollioris consi-
stentiæ sunt. Ex durioribus, in hoc Scri-
nio servantur Corallina alba, Officin: Muscus mariti-
mus sive Corallina officinarum. C. B.
The Common Coralline, It grows upon
the Rocks washen by the Sea; and is
found sometimes here of a redish Co-
lour. Frutex marinus reticulatus; Planta retifor-
mis, Clusii, exot: lib. 6. cap. 3.
The Sea fan. Frutex expansus ra-
mulis 111 de Vegetabilibus rarioribus. 111
mulis coëuntibus; A flat shrub with
united branches; The Sea shrub with
united branches, of Dr. Grew, who
describeth it, and giveth a good figure of
it. Mufæo R. S. Fucus, Equiseti facie, nostras. Prod. Hist.
Nat. Scotiæ. An, Hippuris saxea,
Clus. Equiseto similis Saxea C. B.?
It is of a hard Consistence, more than four
inches high: The top of it was encompaf-
sed with many small twigs, the rest of it
joynted to the root, and looketh as if
there had been branches or twigs coming
out from it. 'Tis white, and of lig-
neous consistence. The figure of it may
be seen. Prod. Hist. Nat. Scotiæ.
Tab. 12. fig. 1. Ex mollioribus, in hoc Scrinio servan-
tur Fucus, sive Alga marina angustifolia, fo-
lio, Cochleari simili. This is formed
like a Spoon. Dr. Wallace, and I
found it upon the Rocks washen by the
Sea, halfe a Mile to the Westward
of Newhaven. Fucus marinus, dictus Roccella tinctorum,
C. B. Of this the people in the Isles,
make that they call the Corkie lit: with which 112 112 Liber Secundus,
which they Dye Cloath. Fucus hic,
parte interna ex rubello candicat,
externâ nigricat. Fucus Scoticus latissimus edulis dulcis. Prod.
Hist. Nat. Scotiæ. An, fucus ala-
tus sive phasganoides, C. B? Fucus maritimus, gallopavonis pennas refe-
rens. D. Cargilli. Found in this Coun-
trey by Doctor Cargill. Spongia palmata nostras. The branches are
divided like singers: I found it upon
the Rocks to the Westward of Barnbu-
gell. An, Spongia Ramosa, C. B? FINIS Libri Secundi.
113 ( 113 ) LIBER TERTIUS.
De Animalibus, eorumque
partibus rarioribus. ANimalAnimal, ab Animâ sic dictum; Sub-
stantia animata sentiens describitur.
Ea autem divisio Animalium nostro instituto
maximè quadrat, quâ in Sanguinem ha-
bentia & exanguia dividuntur. Methodo
ergò propositâ ab imperfectioribus ad per-
fectiora progrediendo; primò agemus de
exanguibus, dein ad sanguinea ascende-
mus. Hunc igitur Librum in duas partes
partiemur. In primâ, de exanguibus ani-
malibus rarioribus; in Secundâ, de San-
guineis agetur. In primâ parte habentur
hæ Classes Insectorum scilicet, Mollusculo-
rum sive mollium, Crustatorum, & Testa-
ceorum, In Secundâ parte, Classes reli-
quæ, Avium scilicet, Piscium sanguineo-
rum, Quadrupedûm, Serpentum, & classis
lla quæ ab Homine petitur. R PARTIS 114 114 Liber Tertius, PARTIS PRIMÆ, SECTIO prima.
De Insectis.
Of Insects.
INsectaInsecta, sic dicta quòd eorum corpora, in-
cisuris præcinguuntur, aut parte tantum
supinâ, aut etiam pronâ. Distinguuntur in
Terrestria & Aquatica; & utraque in
Pedata & Apoda. E pedatis quædam
sunt alata, alia non alata. Ex Alatis ve-
ro quædam detectipennia membranacea, quæ-
dam Vaginipennia, quæ alas suas velut in
Vaginâ recondunt. Ex hisce Insectis in
hoc Scrinio occurunt Bombyx The Silk Worm. De Bombyce
egregium tractatum scripsit Mal-
pighius, in quo, ejus Descriptio,
Figura, & Anatome habentur. Papilio Bombycum, quia è Bombyce
nascitur) The Silk Worms Butterfly.
Per metamorphosin generatur, hoc
modo, ex Eruca jam folliculo in-
clusâ fit Chrysalis, ex chrysalide
oritur Papilio, qui folliculum per-
terebrat, & depositis ovis moritur
Ex ovis renascitur Eruca, & sic
quasi circuitu facto transmigrat a-
nimula.
Perla 115 de Animalibus rarioribus. 115 Perla; (à Corporis splendore sic dicta)
aliis Libella & Zygæna, (quia cor-
pus inter alas librari videtur) The
Dragon-flye, or Adders boult, and
water Butter-flie. Ephemerus, Hemerobius, Diaria. The fly
living but one day. The natural Hi-
story of this fly, is writen under the
Title of Ephemeri vita, by Jo Suam-
merdam M. D. and Translated
into English by Edw. Tyson M. D.
where the Figure of it may be seen. Ehna, colore cinereo, sex pedibus, juxta
caudam multos quasi exiguos pilos
lanuginosos habens. The ash-colour-
ed water-flie. Culex (ab aculeo, quod promuscide suâ
cutem perterebret, & Sanguinem
exugat) vulgaris, in paludibus.
The fen-gnat. Grillo-talpa, The mole or Fen-cricket. In-
sectum visu horrendum, quadru-
plo maximam superans Canthari-
dem, præcipuè ætate si fuerit pro-
vectiori: Gryllus dicitur, quia e-
undem cum Gryllo stridorem nocte
appetente facit: & Talpa quia ter-
ram continuo fodit. Cervus volans; the Stag-beetle, described by
Moufet. R2 116 116 Liber Tertius,
Moufet. He hath his Name from his
two horns, which are branched like
those of a Stag. His horns being mo-
veable, he useth them to catch hold
with, for which purpose, they are not
only branched inwardly, but also
toothed with a numerous series of little
knobs, by which to take the surer hold. Capricornus, The Goat-chafer, described by
Moufet. The Figure of it may be
seen. Prod. Hist. Nat. Scotia. Tab.
18. Fig. 4 Cantharis vulgaris; The Common slender
Spanish-fly. Scarabœus Melanocyaneus. The black and
blue beetle, described by Moufet. Cicindela, Noctiluca; The Glow-Worm. Scorpio Zeylanicus niger maximus. The
great black Scorpion of Zeylon, This
was sent to me inclosed in a Phiol full
of a clear chymical liquor, by the learn-
ed Dr. Herman of happy Memory.
It is near three inches long, and pro-
portionably big. The likest to it in the
Writings of the natural Historians, is
that mentioned and Figur'd in the Mu-
sæum Cospianum, under the Name
of Scorpio de Tunisi. It is said to
be very venomous.
SECTIO 117 de Animalibus rarioribus. 117 SECTIO SECUNDA.
De Mollibus.
Of the soft kind of Fishes. ANimaliaAnimalia, aquatilia dicta, sive in a-
quis degentia, commodissime divi-
duntur in sanguinea & exanguia. Ex-
anguia vero in Mollia, Crustacea, et
Testacea. Ex mollibus iu hoc Scrinio ha-
bentur sequentia Stella marina quinq; radiorum. The
Starfish, or Sea-pad with five rays
or Armes; Our Fishers call it the Cross
fish Stella marina tredecem radiorum. Stella marina quatuordecem radiorum.
These two last, are of a Red or O-
range Colour. They are larger than the
first mentioned and covered with a more
hard skin; there is a description of them
in the observationes de Aquatilibus
Scotiæ. Stella Echinata Rondeletii. It is described
in the observat. above cited; whilst a-
live it hath a most quick motion, but
when it was exposed to the air upon the
dry ground it congealed presently to a
friable Substance.
Loligo 118 118 Liber Tertius, Loligo major nostras. The Slieve fish called
by our Fishers, the Hosefish. This of
ours differeth from that found in the
Mediterranean. I found a small one,
hard by the Harbour of Lieth; There
is a figure and description of them in the
observations cited. Os Sepiæ. The Bone of the Black-Cuttle, or
Cuttle-fish; found in several places of
the Coast of this Countrey, I have not
seen the fish it self, yet. Urtica marina; The Sea Nettle; By some
called Blubber. The common is the
lesser of a Bluish colour; the substance
of it is like to jellie, This is seen frequently
floting in the Firth of Forth, Urtica marina major purpurea; superticie
asperiore, & majore, purpurascente
est; plurimis cirris in ambitu in-
structa. This is more firm and mem-
branaceous than the other. Urtica marinæ species, non scripta, no-
stras, ostreorum testis adhærens,
pyriformis à Figurâ mihi dicta,
Cinerei coloris est, & constare vi-
detur ex variis tubulis, à tenui ex-
tremo (per quod testæ adhæret)
sensim latescentibus. I have the
Figure of it in the Observations cited. Limax 119 de Animalibus rarioribus. 119 Limax marinus nostras non scriptus. This
resembleth a Tortois without head and
feet. It is described in the Observa-
tions cited. Penna marina Sitardi. This is found about
the Orknay and West-Isles. It dif-
fereth from that deseribed by Ron-
deletius, for there is nothing here like
a Glans, and it is smaller and of a
red colour. The Figure may be seen in
Mr. James Wallace his description of
Orknay. Tethya, dicta Vulva marina. The Fishers
give an obscene Name to it. The big-
ger sort inclineth to an Orange colour.
Dr. Wallace and I, found lately a les-
ser sort, of a sad brown colour, stick-
ing to some stones, washen by the
Sea, a Mile to the Wastward of
New-Haven, The Bigger is de-
scribed, and Figured in the Observa-
tions above cited. Physallus Rondeletii, Piscatoribus nostris.
The Sea-Mouse. This agreeth with
the Figure, Rondeletius hath of it. Eruca marina, Piscatoribus nostris Lug
dicta. The Fishers call it the Sea-
Worm; They make use of it for Bait.
It seemeth to be Venimous; the hu-
 mour 120 120 Liber Tertius,
mour which floweth from it, when
they tear it in pieces for Bait, inflameth
their singers. This hath knobs upon the
Belly with bristles coming out of them:
it hath a cover for its Mouth which it
moveth up and down at its pleasure. Mammæ marinæ. Our Fishers call them Sea
Paps. An, Manus marina Aldro-
vandi? 'Tis Described and Figured
in the Observations formerly cited.
This may be called a Plant-animal;
when its touched, it spouts forth water
out of it. SECTIO TERTIA.
De crustaceis rarioribus.
Of Crustaceis Fishes. ANimaliaAnimalia crustata dicuntur, quæ molli,
testâ operta sunt. Ex his in hoc
Scrinio servantur Squilla major. Our Fishers call it a Prawn.
It is taken in the Firth. Cancellus in Trocho degens. The little
Souldier Crab, or naked Shrimp. His
fore-part is armed with Crustaceous
plates; his hinder part is naked, or
without a Crust. Cancer 121 de Animalibus rarioribus. 121 Cancer latipes Gesneri. Our Fishers call it
the Sheer Partan, from the broad thin
feet with which it cuts their lines some-
times. 'Tis Described and Figured in
the Observations mentioned. Cancer varius, Gesneri: Marmoratus,
Rondeletii. It seemeth to be the same
which is called, the Harper Partan,
by our Fishers; 'tis a small one. 'Tis
Described and Figured in Observati-
onibus de aquatilibus Scotiæ. Cancer araneus Jonstoni. The Partan like
the Spider, it is very small and is
not unlike to a Spider. It was taken
in the Firth of Forth, and brought to
me at New-Haven. Cancer major vulgaris; The common Sea
Crab: mas major, Piscatoribus no-
stras dicitur the Cairl-Grab; minor
est Fæmina quæ ova Raans dicta ha-
bet. An, Cancer hic, Maias A-
ristotelis? 'Tis Described and Fi-
gured in the Observations cited. Cancer maias minor, viridis (dum vivit)
coloris Our Fishers call it a Keavie
'Tis deseribed and Figured in the Ob-
servations mentioned. Pulex marinus. The Fishers call it the Sand-
lowper. 'Tis Described by Rondeletius. S Squilla 122 122 Liber Tertius, Squilla minor; describitur à Shonveldio.
It is lesser than the common Prawn,
and of a paler colour, and continueth
much of that colour when Boyled. This
is taken within the Harbour of Lieth
towards the entrie. SECTIO QUARTA.
De Testaceis rarioribus.
Of the Shells. ANimaliaAnimalia Testacea dicuntur, quæ testis
duris siliceisque teguntur, appel-
lantur etiam conchylia; animal ut pluri-
mùm Cochleacei Generis in se continent
Quædam etiam continent animal fui Gene-
ris, mira enim est in ipsis Naturæ ludenti
varietas, quam elegantissimè expressit Pli-
nius, Hist. Nat. lib. 9. cap. 33. Concharun
genera (inquit) in quibus magna ludenti
Naturæ varietas, tot colorum differentiæ, to
Figuræ, planis, concavis, longis, lunatis, in
ornem circumactis, dimidio orbe cæsis, in dorsun
clatis, lævibus, rugatis, denticulatis, striatis
vertice muricatim intorto, margine in mucro
nem emisso, foris effuso, intùs replicato: jan
distinctione virgulatâ, crinitâ, crispâ, canicu-
latìm, pectinatîm divifâ, imbricatim undatâ cancel 123 de Testaceis rarioribus. 123 cancellatim reticulatâ, in obliquum, in rectum
expansâ, porrectâ, sinuatâ; brevi nodo ligatis,
toto latere connexis, ad plausum apertis, ad Buc-
cinum recurvis. Commodè dividuntur, in
Univalvia, Bivalvia, & Multivalvia. Quæ
quoniam numerosas Classes constituunt,
Sectionem hanc in Capita, & Capita in
Articulos varios distribuemus. CAPUT PRIMUM.
De Testaceis univalvibus, non turbinatis.
Of single Shells and Whirled. SUperiorSuperior ætas credidit Conchilia, Aqua-
tilium vilissima suisse, è putri mate-
riâ, fortuito quodam Atomorum concursu
formata, quæque licèt essent animantia,
nihil ferè Animantium haberent, nec Cor,
nec Oculos, nec Organa ulla generationi
inservientia, nec artus aliquo ordine dipo-
sitos: Sed Anatomicorum nostri ævi, dili-
gentia, rem aliter se habere detexit. Sexûs
enim discrimen in iis invenit, & Organa
generationis, ovorumque productionem,
Oculos etiam, Cor, Visceraque nutritia, &
sensûs etiam & motûs instrumenta. Qui
certè mente attentâ, miram conchyliorum
fabricam, perpenderit, is ea prudentissimi
S 2 Artificis 124 124 Liber Tertius,
Artificis opisicium esse, libens agnoscet;
nihil enim etiam minutum in ipsis videbit,
quod suo non destinatum sit usui; nihil tam
abjectum, quod Conditoris sui sapientiam,
potentiam & bonitatem non demonstret.
Si Testam enim quâ teguntur inspicias,
quis Vitruvius tam mirabilem, & nullâ sa-
tis arte imitabilem, domum edificavit?
Quem non attonitum reddent tam mira ha-
rum structura, colorum varietas, partium
denique quibus condecorantur ornamenta?
Nec minor admiratio, si motus horum ani-
malium perspicias, ut Plinii verbis utar,
Navigant ex his Veneriæ, præbentesque conca-
vam sui partem, & auræ opponentes, per sum-
ma æquorum velificant, saliunt pectines, & ex-
tra volitant, seque & ipsi carinant: si usus
horum Animalium spectes, quota portio est
reputantibus purpuras, conchylia, Margaritas?
Primus ea pro dignitate explicavit Doctissi-
mus Dominus Listerus in suâ Conchyliorum
historiâ, suisque de hâc re exercitationibus.
Ejus Vestigiis insistentes, ea quæ in hoc
Musæo nostro continentur, explicare co-
nabimur; Primum autem locum damus
Univalvibus, quòd ea simpliciora (quam-
vis mirâ arte fabricata) & minùs composita
sint, Ex hisce verò quædam Turbinata sunt,
quadam non Turbinata. ARTI- 125 de Testaceis rarioribus. 125 ARTICULUS PRIMUS.
De Patellis.
Of the Limpeta
INterInter non Turbinata, simplicissima
sunt, Brevia illa discoeidea, ori-
ficii liberè patentis in latitudinem, quæ
patellæ, Limpets, Flithers, or Pap-Shells, di-
cuntur. Hujusmodi variæ species hic ser-
vantur ex his enim quædam Patellæ sunt
vertice integro; quædam sunt vertice per-
forato; quædam sunt vertice integro
adunco; quædam etiam vertice integro
acuto stilo sunt donatæ; quædam sunt ob-
longæ; quædam dorso elato; quædam
compressa. Patella vulgaris, ex livido cinerea; Le-
pas, Rondeletii: The common Lim-
pet. Patella alba major elatior, striis nodosis,
vertice perforato. Patella minor oblonga, ex albo rubescens,
striata, vertice perforato. Patella ingens variegata, vertice integro,
foris & intus nigro, profundè ad-
mo-
126 126 Liber Tertius,
modùm striata. An, Lepas maxi-
ma striata, Fabii Columnæ? The
Peak is black, both without and with-
in; it hath a blue circle, round the
Peak without, and a larger one white,
below that the rest of the Shell is va-
riegated with white and black Spots;
and hath deep furrows which run to a
great distance from other at the bor-
der. Patella vertice integro, alba, oblonga, le-
viter striata. Patella vertice integro alba, cancellata,
densè admodum striata & varie-
gata. Patella vertice integro, lævis alba. Patella vertice integro alba, minor com-
pressa, maculis rubris distincta. Patella vertice integro alba, oblonga, mi-
nor striis nodosis donata. Patella alba vertice integro adunco, mar-
gine obliquâ, superficie asperâ &
quodammodo nodosâ. Patella, ex albo miniata, oblonga, densè
striata, tribus circulis nigris distin-
cta. This is raised with the Peak
white, and hath a circle below it of a
red Colour inclining to Orange, the rest
of it below, is of that colour, with black 127 de Testaceis rarioribus. 127
black Spots intermixed. It was brought
to me from the West-Isles, by my
Friend Mr. Martine, an Ingenious
Gentleman, to whom I am beholden for
several other Shells, and Curiosities
found there Patella, vertice integro minor, striata ma-
culis ex albo nigris distincta. I found
it upon the Rocks a little to the West-
ward of New-Haven. Patella vertice integro minor, cancellata,
ex albo cinerea. I found it in the
same place with the former. Patella vertice integro, fusca, leviter stri-
ata, umbone albo, duobus circulis
cincta, compressa. The Peak is
white, and of a lighter Colour, than that
of the rest of the Shell below the Peak.
And there are many Striæ, running
from the Peak to the border; It hath
another larger Circle near the border;
this was brought to me from the West-
Isles, by my Friend above-mentioned. Patella vertice integro, ex albo cinerea,
in utroque latere parùm sinuata, le-
viter striata, & duobus circa um-
bonem circulis donata, Brought
from the West-Isles. Patella fusca minor, paucis & valdè emi-
nentibus striis stellata. Patella 128 128 Liber Tertius, Patella fusca compressa, densè striata.
This is flat, the Peak is of a bluish Co-
lour, the rest of it of a Gray Colour;
Brought from the West-Isles. Patella fusca compressa, umbone albo, plu-
ribus circulis cincta, striata. This
is of a middle size, smooth and of a
brown colour, with a white Peak. Patella ovalis, minor, fusca, tenuis, um-
bone nigro ad extremitatem ante-
riorem detruso, tribus inde lineis
cæruleis per dorsum decurrentibus
pulchrè distincta. This is of a small
size, thin and transparent, it is in a
manner an half Oval of a brown Co-
lour, as if an Oval had been split in
the middle. The Peak is of a dark
Colour, and is placed near to the fore-
end; from the Peak arise three blue
lines, in some more, which spread and
run along the back to the other end.
I find it not Described. It was brought
to me from the West-Isles by Mr.
Martine. Patella vertice adunco alba, maculis rubris
notata, margine obliquâ, lineis ru-
gosis in ambitu cincta. Patella minima ex albo cærulea, vertice ad-
unco, margine obliquâ, lineis in
ambitu levibus cincta. Patel- 129 de Testaceis rarioribus. 129 Patella ex albo cærulea minima, vertice a-
cuto, margine obliquâ, stilo inter-
no ex umbone affurgente donata. Patella minor compressa, ex albo rubescens,
superficie asperâ, quodammodo im-
bricatâ. Patella maxima nostras, ex albo viride-
scens, umbone ad partem anterio-
rem admodùm detruso, musco ma-
rino variis in locis obducta, Mr.
Martine found it in the Isle Hirta, and
brought it to me. Patella ovalis minor viridis, nigrâ fasciâ in
medio donata, laminata, margine
obliquâ crenata, I find not this de-
scribed any where. It was brought to
me from the West-Isles by Mr. Mar-
tine. 'Tis of a Green Colour, and
made up of seven Cross-plates; that
in the middle is Black; its dented in
the border, which is higher at the two
Ends than in the middle; 'tis of the
bigness of a field Bean, and looketh like
a Ships Coble or Yoal, the Keell turned
upmost. T ARTI- 130 130 Liber Tertius, ARTICULUS SECUNDUS.
De Aure Marinâ.
PAtellaPatella fera, Rondeletii. Patella major,
Bellonii; Auris marina nostras.
The Sea ear; ob quandam simili-
tudinem cum aure nostrâ. In ca-
vâ Testæ parte Unionum splendor
adest, ex parte autem convexâ ru-
fescit, licèt in eâ sit quædam spi-
ralis convolutio, tamen aperturâ suâ
omnium patentissimâ ad patellas ac-
cedere videtur. It is found in this
Countrey adhering to some Sea Rocks.
ARTICULUS TERTIUS.
De Dentalibus. COnchæConchæ non turbinatæ, breves, pau-
lulùm curvæ & tenues, Dentalia di-
cuntur. Ex his, hic servantur Dentale læve, album. The white, smooth
Tooth-Shell. Dentale læve, album, extremitate altera
rufescens. ARTI- 131 de Testaceis rarioribus. 131 ARTICULUS QUARTUS.
De Conchâ, dictâ Pediculo Ceti. HUjusHujus Conchæ meminit Dominus Bocco-
ni sub nomine Pediculi Ceti, tracta-
tu Gallicè edito Recherches et Observations
naturelles, et descriptionem quandam ejus
ibi exhibet. et figuram pag. 287. et 293.
Figura ejus, etiam habetur D. Listeri Hist.
Conch. Eam ego fuse descripsi in obser-
vationibus de Aquatilibus Scotiæ, et ejus
figuram ære incidendam curavi. The shell
approacheth to a sexangular figure, and consist-
eth of one Valve, but hath no spiral circumvo-
lutions, nor àpex, but, which is singular, it
is open at both ends, and the orifice of one of the
ends, is wider than the orifice of the other, but
not so deep: these Orifices are divided by a
thin membranaceous, or cartilaginous partition
placed betwixt them. The six Angles are adorn-
ed with as many orders of striated tubes, raised
above the surface of the Angles, close at both
ends, but hollow within, and continued with the
Partitions within: The internal Structure of the
upper and broader part, is very curious consisting
of a great many oblong cavities, separated by
offeous partitions which reach from the insides of
T 2 the 132 132 Liber Tertius,
the tubes to the membrane in the middle. The
Animal lodged there was so dried and shrunk
up, that I could not distinguish the parts of it;
but it must be of an odd shape, if it fill all the
sinuous Caverns that are in the inner part of
the shell. The other Orifice is smooth
and from a narrow bottom, from the membrane
in the middle, groweth sensibly wider toward the
surface. It seemeth to be the same which Dr.
Lister calleth Balanus, Balænæ cuidam Oce-
ani Septentrionalis adhærens. Hist. Con-
chil. Sect. 3. de Balanis Fig. 288. This
was found sticking to a Whale cast in, in the
Firth of Forth. ARTICULUS QUINTUS.
De Conchis Veneris NOnNon turbinatis accensentur conchæ
utroque latere se colligentes, aper-
turâ in rimam, utrinque dentatam, formatâ,
dictæ conchæ veneris. Venus Shells. Sunt
enim sine Testa reduplicatione manefestâ,
quamvis spiræ quædam intùs lateant. In
hoc Scrinio variæ habentur; quædam læves
unicolores, minimè maculosæ; quædam
maculosæ; quædam fasciatæ; quædam
asperæ, striis eminentibus transversis con-
spicuæ 133 de Testaceis rarioribus. 133 spicuæ; quædam etiam nodis inæquales. Concha Veneris unicolor, alba, lævis
major æqualis. Concha Veneris, alba, lævis, æqualis exi-
gua. Concha Veneris lævis, exigua, ex albo fla-
vescens, in summitate & medio
Ventre parùm protuberans, fora-
minulis & punctis fuscis, in margi-
ne utrinque notata. Concha Veneris lævis major, maculis fus-
cis ex albo, in lateribus distincta. Concha Veneris minor, dorso gibboso, ma-
culis fuscis ex albo variegata, mar-
gine utrinque fuscâ, utrâque extre-
mitate albâ, ventre latiore. Concha Veneris minor rufescens, obscurè
bifasciata. Concha Veneris rufescens minor, bifascia-
ata, limbo seu margine, in ambitu
albâ. Concha Veneris minor ex albo cærulescens,
tribus fasciis nigris depicta. Concha Veneris minima, eminentibus stri-
is conspicua, alba, lineâ ful-
catâ per dorsum decurrente donata;
Concha Veneris exigua alba striata:
Nuns dicta D. Lister de Cochleis.
Mar. Angl. Nobis John of Grots
Shells. Concha 134 134 Liber Tertius, Concha Veneris ex albo rufescens striata
minima. Concha Veneris lata, aliquibus nodis in-
æqualis; Nigritarum Moneta D.
Lister Hist. Conch. Concha Veneris lata, nodis inæqualis, alba
minor. ARTICULUS SEXTUS.
De Nautilis
UNivalviaUnivalvia non turbinata, navigerâ si-
militudine carinata, Nautili dicun-
tur, quòd Navis effigiem habeant; ab ho-
rum certè testâ, Navicula representatur,
eminente puppe in se ipsa aliquantulùm re-
flexa. Variæ hujus Testæ species occurrunt;
quædam vacuæ sunt, nullo diaphragmate
disjunctæ; quædam variis partitionibus
quasi concameratæ. In hoc Scrinio habe-
tur Nautilus lævis; Nautilus Falconeri, Ges-
nero dictus; alter Aristotelis, Bel-
lonii apud Aldrovandum. The slick
sailer of Grew, Described by him,
and Figured by Calceolarius and Bes-
lerus. This 135 de Testaceis rarioribus. 135 This hath been broken so that the whole Figure
doth not appear it hath three coats; the in-
most is of the Colour of Pearl; the second, which
is in the middle is variegated with waves of a
brown Colour and white stroaks intermixed; the
Vestiges of a third Coat of a dark ashie colour
appear also. In the inmost Coat there is an Ori-
fice, from whence a Tube passeth, through all
the Partitions in a spiral Line, this is hollow all
along. Dr. Grew saith, the Animal is of Kin
to the Polypus: He riseth to the top of the
Water, with his shell inverted, and being there,
returns it, then having a thin membrane
spread against the Wind for a Sail, two feet for
the Rudder, and two for the Helm, be saileth
along, if any fear ariseth, he pulls all in, and
filling his shell with Water, immediately sinketh
himself to the bottom of the Sea. The Ancients
are of opinion, that it was from the Observati-
on of this Shell, and the moal furniture of
the Animal which lodgeth in it, that ships
were invented. Oppianus and Nonnus Di-
onysiacus are of this Opinion; and it may be
thought that the Invention of the Dyving Bell
had its rise from a Reflection upon this Creature;
and if that membrane which serveth it for a
Sail, be a cover to it, to wrap it up in its
Shell, then it may sleep and rest the Winter long,
immersed in its Shell, and preserved from the in- 136 136 Liber Tertius,
injuries of the Weather. Oppianus saith of it,
in Sabulo domus est: and St. GregorYy
Nazianzen saith, Quocirca Navigii proram
(ut dici solet) convertere, ac nosmetip-
sos, quemadmodum Nautilum Piscem fe-
runt, cum hiemem senserit, contrahere at-
que colligere decrevimus, atque alios qui-
dem eminùs spectare mutùo se impetentes,
nos vero ad alteram vitam transferre. By which
it appeareth that the Nautilus upon the approach
of Winter when it is sensible of cold, draweth it
self into its Shell, and wrappeth it self up in it,
and then mores it self in the Sand, till mild
Weather. His representing the advantage of his
retreat, by a comparison from the provident be-
haviour of this Creature, importeth so much.
The Air which is conserved in the many Cells in
the Shell of it is without doubt, helpfull to its li-
ving long under the Water, and whilst it is
immersed in the Sand. There is a discourse a-
bout this Creature joyned with the Observations,
de Aquatilibus Scotiæ, formerly cited. But
the most satisfactory account of the Structure of
this Creature, and of the use of its Cells, and
of the Tube which in one intire piece passeth
through them, and endeth close by the Orifice
where it entered first, and the Improvements
from this may be expected from that great pro-
mover of Natural History, the Learned and In-
 genious 137 de Animalibus rarioribus. 137
genious, Doctor Hook, when he shall publish
his writings upon this Subject. Some of which,
as I am informed, have been read by him, in
the meetings of the Royal Society at London;
He will certainly oblige the Learned part of the
World by publishing them. ARTICULUS SEPTIMUS.
De Echinis marinis EChiniEchini quidem marini, mediæ sunt na-
turæ inter Crustata & Testacea;
Molliores certè testaceis sunt: Quoniam
tamen à variis, Testaceis annumerantur,
hic inter non turbinata iis locum damus.
Concha enim sunt, Orbes non habentes,
cum aperturâ minùs patente; Quædam
autem ex his Orbiculares sunt; Quædam
Ovales; Quædam dentatæ. Ex his hîc
servantur Echinus Orbicularis esculentus; Echinus
ovarius, Rondeletii, qui eum descri-
bit. lib. de Piscibus p. 578. The
round sea Urchin, or button fish of
Grew. Doctor Lister giveth a good
figure of it, De Coch. mar. Angl.
Tab. 3. fig. 18. Echinus marinus orbicularis, minor, ru-
ber. U Echi 138 138 Liber Tertius, Echinus marinus orbicularis minor, viri-
dis. Echinus marinus, orbicularis, minor, Co-
loris violacei. These three last are taken in the Firth of
Forth, and were brought to me, at New-Ha-
ven, by the Fishers. Echinus marinus orbicularis, minor al-
bus. Echinus marinus albus, compressus, lævis, stel-
latus; This is flat, and roundish with
some inequality, angular like in the
border: it hath the Figure of a Star
upon it. Echinus Spatagus minor, albus, stellatus,
The Mar-Maids-Head, or lesser oval
Sea-Urchin. Echinus Spatagus minimus, albus, lineis va-
riis decussatim positis, distinctus. Echinus dentatus, compressus, Spatagi af-
finis Bocconi pag. 273. Rechereches
Observations naturelles. This is a
round Shell of a Sea green colour upon
one side, dented and nicked with large
notches, the other side is without nicks.
The upper side riseth from a thin Margin
or border, insensibly to some hight in
the middle, where there is in the Cen-
ter a round Navel, and a round Hole,
or 139 de Animalibus rarioribus. 139
or open in the other side, answering to
it, about this in the upper side is a Star
of five rayes, and a great many lines
run from the Center to the Circumfe-
rence, straight ones in the upper side,
but oblique and white in the under side.
The Notches are fistular, and are made
up of two Tubes divided by a plate or
interstice. The Shell is of the breadth
of a Rix-Doller or thereby; Boccone,
giveth a good figure of it. I do not
remember to have seen it Described or
Figured in any other Author: And
therefore, I presumed to give this rude
Description of it.

CAPUT SECUNDUM
De Conchis Univalvibus Turbinatis,
Claviculâ minùs productâ
Of the whirled Shells that are single COnchæConchæ quæ Turbinem, aut Volutam
spiralem exertam & manifestam ha-
bent, Turbinatæ; dicuntur. Hæ multas con-
stituunt Tribus: Quædam paucas habent
Spiras, Quædam plures; Quædam sunt
U 2 com- 140 140 Liber Tertius,
compressæ; Quædam ventricosæ; Quæ-
dam Capite depresso, Quædam producto;
Quædam Rhomboeides; Quædam Cylin-
draceæ; Quædam rostro sinuato sive cana-
liculato; Quædam rostro brevi, oris bi-
atum non excedente. Nos singulis Tribu-
bus, suos Articulos distribuemus. ARTICULUS PRIMUS.
De Cochleis COnchæConchæ figurâ compactili et breviore
Cochleæ-formes, Cochleæ propriè
dictæ sunt, primamque tribum, ut simplici-
ores nobis, constituunt. Ex his quædam
dunt apice claviculâve brevi; quædam me-
diocriter productâ claviculâ; Quædam ore
edentulo, quædam dentato; Quædam um-
bilicatæ, quædam læves; quædam striatæ,
quædam etiam apice tenui & longissimo,
Ex hisce in hoc Scrinio servantur Cochlea marina, apice brevi, umbilica-
ta sinu aurito, ex albo cinerea,
crebris lineis albis, & fuscis de-
picta. Cochlea marina, apice brevi umbilicata, al-
ba, sinu aurito, lineis transversis &
punctis fuscis pulchrè distincta. Cochlea 141 de Testaceis rarioribus. 141 Cochlea alba major umbilicata, leviter stri-
ata, claviculâ compressâ. Cochlea alba minor, densè admodum stri-
ata, ore amplo. Cochlea minor alba umbilicata, lineis trans-
versis cæruleis distincta. Cochlea minor alba umbilicata, sinu auri-
to, lævis. Cochlea marina major, ventricosior, ex
fusco flavescens, apice mediocriter
producto, ipsâ columellâ purpura-
scente, apice etiam purpureo, ore
edentulo. Cochlea ex albo fusca major, ore amplo, la-
bro crasso reflexo, columellâ com-
pressâ. Cochlea ex albo fusca minor, ore mediocri
labro crasso reflexo, columellâ com-
pressâ. Cochlea alba compressa variis fasciis, fusci
& flavi coloris distincta, apice in-
verso ex ipsâ aperturæ parte. Cochlea flava striata, labri margine fusca,
apice brevi. Cochlea alba striata, variis fasciis fuscis di-
stincta. Cochlea rufescens striata, fasciis obscuri
Coloris depicta. Coch- 142 142 Liber Tertius, Cochlea fusca fasciis obscuri coloris distin-
cta, apice paululùm exerto. Cochlea ex fusco rubescens, claviculâ lon-
gissimâ, medio quoque orbe unicâ
eminente striâ. Cochlea ex cinereo albescens, claviculâ
longâ medio quoque orbe nodoso,
ore sinuato. Cochlea albescens claviculâ productâ, medio
quoque orbe latè excavato. Cochlea rufescens minor densè et leviter
striata, ventricosa, apice mediocri-
ter producto. Cochlea ex albo virescens, minor, striis
nodosis distincta, apice producto. Cochlea alba ventricosa minor, labro pro-
patulo dentato, claviculâ muricatâ
et striatà, apice parùm exerto. Cochlea minor rufescens densè striata apice
exerto. Cochlea vulgaris lævis apice exerto. Cochlea vulgaris rubra lævis apice compresso Cochlea vulgaris lævis, cinerei coloris ob-
scuri, apice compresso. ARTICULUS SECUNDUS.
De Neritis COnchæConchæ turbinatæ, integræ, Spiris vix
amplius duabus donata, compactili
corpore, plano ore, quibusque umbones
sive mucrones parùm eminent, Neritæ di-
cuntur 143 de Testaceis rarioribus. 143
cuntur. Ex hisce quidam sunt dentati,
ex parte Columellæ; quidam apice paulùm
exerto, quidam compresso apice, quidam
striati, fasciati, maculosi; Quidam eden-
tuli; quidam læves; quidam muricati. Ex
his, in hoc Scrinio servantur Nerita albus, dentatus, striatus, maculis
nigris depictus. Nerita albus leviter striatus, columellâ ex
parte dentatâ, maculis nigris pul-
chrè variegatus. Nerita leviter striatus, dentatus, maculis ru-
bris, fuscis & nigris pulcherrimè
depictus. Nerita dentatus, lævis, maculis ex albo ni-
gris distinctus. Nerita dentatus minor profundè striatus,
punctis nigris ex albo depictus. Nerita minor labro dentato altè striatus,
maculis nigris undatim positis di-
stinctus. Nerita fuscus, edentulus, lævis, punctis
albis & flavis depictus. Nerita maximus umbilicatus, digitatus sive
muricatus, Claviculâ plânâ Lister. Nerita edentulus major striatus, lineis ex
albo nigris depictus. Nerita minor edentulus, lavis, citrinus, le-
viter striatus. Nerita 144 144 Liber Tertius, Nerita minor virescens edentulus læviter
striatus. ARTICULUS TERTIUS.
De Turbo-cochleis;
Quæ, a quibusdam, conchis Veneris
annumerantur. COnchæConchæ quædam Persicis similes figurâ
oblongâ inter Turbinem & Cochleam
mediâ, nobis Turbo-cochleæ dicuntur; Sunt
autem conchæ aperturâ laxiore & non den-
tatâ; Quædam ex his sunt leviter striatæ;
Quædam læves; Quædam basi intergâ;
Quædam basi umbilicatâ, profundo formine
intùs cochleato. Ex his, in hoc scrinio
habentur. Turbo-cochlea ex albo fusca leviter stri-
ata, basi umbilicatâ cochleatâ. Turbo-cochlea minor obscuri coloris, lævis,
basi umbilicatâ, cochleato foramine. Turbo-cochlea major, maculis, ex fusco
cæruleis variegata, leviter striata,
basi umbilcataâ cochleatim perfor-
atâ. Turbo-cochlea major ventricosior, leviter
striata, maculis & punctis ex albo
cæruleis, rubris & fuscis pulchrè va-
riegata, basi umbilicatâ cochleatâ. Turbo- 145 de Testaceis rarioribus. 145 Turbo-cochlea minor leviter striata, ex al-
bo cærulea, basi umbiculatâ per-
foratâ. Turbo-cochlea minor columellâ, dentata
alba, fasciis tenuibus croceis pulchrè
distincta, basi integrâ. Turbo-cochlea minor alba lævis, basi inte-
grâ. Turbo-cochlea minor lævis, fuscis ex albo
maculis depicta, basi integrâ. Turbo-cochlea minima, alba, lavis, basi in-
tegrâ parùm exertâ. ARTICULUS QUARTUS.
De Rhombis cylindro-pyramidalibus. INterInter Turbinata rostro sinuato sive cana-
liculato sunt conchæ, dictæ Rhombi; Cy-
lindraceæ conchæ, Quibusdam. Ex his,
quidam cylindro-pyramidales sunt; iique
edentuli, vel dentati; Quidam tenues; qui-
dam Ventricosi. Ex his hic servantur Rhombus ventricosus edentulus, clavi-
culâ acutâ parùm exertâ, reticula-
tus, & coloribus albo & croceo pul-
chrè depictus. Rhombus ventricosior edentulus striatus,
maculis nigris ex albo distinctus,
claviculâ parum exertâ. X Rhom= 146 146 Liber Tertius, Rhombus ventricosus edentulus minor, ver-
ruculis exasperatus, et maculis cro-
ceis ex albo variegatus. Rhombus ventricosus edentulus minor, stri-
atus profundè, verrucis exasperatus,
maculis fuscis ex albo undatim positis
distinctus, claviculâ parùm exertâ. Rhombus Cylindraceus tenuior, lævis, den-
tatus, maculis ex albo croceis pulchrè
depictus, claviculâ acutâ productiore. ARTICULUS QUINTUS.
De Trochis COnchæConchæ turbinatæ, capite depresso lato,
basi conoeide, Trochi dicuntur; iique
varii sunt; quidam scil. pyramidales, aper-
turâ leviter tumidâ, aut paululùm cavâ
sive sinuatâ vel planâ; Quidam claviculâ
breviore mediis orbibus tumidioribus,
columella erectiore; Quidam sunt
umbilicati; iique dentati aut edentuli,
columellâ integrâ, mediâ basi, tumidâ,
claviculâ compressâ: quidam unico dente
ad columellam. Ex hisce, hic habentur Trochus pyramidalis maculis ex albo ni-
gris variegatus, aperturâ leviter tu-
midâ, umbilicatus, lâvis, sinuo-
sus. Trochus 147 de Testaceis rarioribus. 147 Trochus major, ex albo rubescens, pro-
fundè striatus, muricatus, sinuosus,
fasciatus quodammodo. Trochus major albus, nodosus, claviculâ
productâ, leviter striatus, umbili-
catus, auriculâ tortili ad columel-
lam. Trochus major ex albo rubescens, aperturâ
planâ, fasciatus, apice nodis exas-
perato, breviore. Trochus minor ex albo variegatus, leviter
striatus umbilicatus, sinuosus, apice
breviore. Trochus minor variegatus ex albo & fusco,
nodosus, aperturâ planâ, apice
brevi paululùm compresso. Trochus minor albus aperturâ planâ leviter
striatâ quodammodo fasciatus, cla-
viculâ productâ. Trochus minor aperturâ leviter tumidâ,
lævis, èx cæruleo virescens, nitidus,
apice brevi. Trochus minor albus, umbilicatus aperturâ
leviter tumidâ, lævis, apice paulu-
lâm compresso. Trochus minor umbilicatus, variegatus, ex
albo cærulescente, aperturâ planâ,
Claviculâ breviore paululùm
compressa. X 2 Trochu 148 148 Liber Tertius, Trochus minor cærulescens, striatus, umbi-
licatus, apice brevi. Trochus minor ex albo cærulescens, umbi-
licatus, lævis, apice brevi paululùm
compresso. Trochus pyramidalis minor ex albo rufe-
scens, umbilicatus, aperturâ planâ
apice breviore. Trochus minor pyramidalis, lævis, ex albo
& fusco variegatus, umbilicatus, a-
perturâ planâ, apice brevi. Trochus maximus umbilicatus, cælatus, ven-
tricosus, cochleæ-formis, ex albo &
nigro variegatus, lævis, aperturâ tu-
mescente, apice breviore. CAPUT TERTIUM.
De univalvibus turbinatis rostratis &
bilinguibus COnchæConchæ Univalves turbinatæ, rostra-
tæ, Buccina, nobis Whelks & Wilks
dicuntur Hæc sunt plerumque rostrata h.
e. aperturam sinuatam sive canaliculatam
habent. Horum autem tot varietates sunt,
ut difficile admodùm sit, ea ad certas clas-
ses reducere: multum tamen in his etiam
ut in aliis digerendis in suos ordines, præsti-
tit celeberrimus Dominus Listerus; cujus
me- 149 de Testaceis rarioribus. 149
methodum sequi conabimur, hoc caput per
varios articulos partiendo. ARTICULUS PRIMUS.
De Buccinis columellâ dentatâ. BUccinaBuccina columellâ striatâ, sive dentata
sunt claviculâ, vel umbilicatâ aut parùm
exerta, vel mediocriter productâ, fere pul-
chrè variegata, vel longissimâ & tenuissi-
mà Quæ sunt columellâ dentatà umbilicatâ
aut parum exertâ, quibusdam Conchæ
persicæ dicuntur. Ex hisce hic haben-
tur Buccinum Persicum majus claviculâ pul-
vinatâ, papillatum Di Listeri. Hist.
Conchiliorum, lib. 4. Sect. II.
cap. 1. 'Tis the first be giveth the
Figure of Concha persica minor
Aldrovandi; Concha Neritodes al-
tera lutea minor Fab. Col. Buccinum persicum, claviculâ muricibus
coronatâ; ad exemplar Holleri D.
Listeri ibid. This is yellowish also,
but hath some large white spots upon
the out-side, it is much longer than the
former, the Clavicula is of a Saffron
colour. There is a Figure of it in Dr.
Listers 150 150 Liber Tertius,
Listers Hist. Conch. Sect. II lib. 4. BUccinaBuccina, columellâ dentatâ, claviculâ
mediocriter productâ, pulchrè varie-
gata, Musica dicuntur. Ex hisce hic haben-
tur Buccinum musicum crassum, claviculâ mu-
ricatà. Lister. 'Tis the first figured by
him Hist. Conch. lib. 4. Sect. 11.
Fig. 2. This besides the Musical lines
hath Spots big and small: Labro est
etiam retorto maculato, maculis ex
albo nigris. It is a very beautiful
Shell. Buccinum dentatum striatum minus, clavi-
culâ productiore, profundè striatum,
fasciis fuscis & lineis flavis pulchrè
depictum. This in figure is very like
to that marked Num. 39. Listeri
Hist. Conch. Sect. 11. cap. 2. ARTICULUS SECUNDUS.
De Buccinis rostratis striatis. EXEx his, hic servantur Buccinum crassnum rufescens striatum &
undatum D. Listeri de Coch.
marin. 151 de Testaceis rarioribus. 151 marin. Angl. Cap. 2. 'Tis well
figured and Described by him there. I
found it at New-Haven; there are
many of them taken in the Firth of
Forth. Buccinum fuscum tenue, striatum & un-
datum Listeri ibid. 'Tis figured and
described by him in the place last cited;
and is taken in the Firth of Forth.
This is two Inches long. Buccinum minus albidum, asperum, intra
quinas spiras finitum. D. Lister de
Coch. marin. Angl. This hath a
cancellus in it. 'Tis figured and de-
scribed in the place last cited. Buccinum minus, ex albo subviride, ore
dentato, eoque ex flavo leviter ru-
fescente D. Lister. ibid. 'Tis Fi-
gured and Described there. ARTICLUS TERTIUS.
De Buccinis, ore plano, Figurâ productiore. EXEx hisce, hic servantur Buccinum crassum, acutis at inæqua-
liter altis striis, in singulis 12 mi-
nimum 152 152 Liber Tertius,
nimum spiris donatum, ore plano,
figura productiore D. Listeri de
Cochl. Angl. 'Tis figured and de-
scribed by him there. Buccinum tenue, dense striatum nostras,
decem spiris donatum. This is found
frequently upon our Coast. Buccinum crassum, rostratum no-
dosum 12. spiris donatum, cinerei
coloris. ARTICULUS QUARTUS.
De Buccinis, columellâ dentata, claviculâ
longissimâ & tenuissimâ. BUccinumBuccinum dentatum claviculâ longissi-
mâ striatum, latis maculis ex ru-
fo nigricantibus radiatum D. Liste-
ri. Hist. Conch. lib. 4. Sect. II.
cap. 2. Buccinum dentatum fuscum densè striatum
ex utroque latere fasciatum, clavi-
culâ longâ. Buccinum crassum maculis croceis majus-
culis fasciatim depictum, claviculâ
dentatâ, productâ. This is smooth
and white like to polished Ivory, except
where 153 de Testaceis rarioribus. 153
where it is spoted with spotts of a Saffron
colour. ARTICULUS QUINTUS.
De Buccinis bilinguibus BUccinaBuccina bilinguia, quibusdam Purpuræ
dicuntur. Hæc numerosam tribum
constituunt; sunt enim quædam lævia, quæ-
dam striata, quædam aspera & muricata,
quædam digitata. Nos ab iis incipiemus
quæ propriè Purpuræ dicuntur. Sunt autem
hæc vel longiore rostro canaliculato, vel
brevi donata. Buccina ore longiore: hic habentur Buccinum ampullaceum, variegatum, rostra-
tum, striatum & nodosum, fasciatum,
clavicula minus exerta. This hath
a long canale or gutturd borne, in
which is lodged that part which is
called the tongue. Tis very like to that
figured by Dr. Lister Hist. Conch.
lib. 4. Sect. 13. Cap. 2. The
Canale hath some knobs upon it, but is
not muricated. Buccinum ampullaceum, fuscum, majus,
striatum, muricibus longis instru-
ctum, ad senos pares in infimo orbe
Y primo, 154 154 Liber Tertius,
primo, apice compresso. D. Li-
ster ibid. cap. 2. The Figure of it
may be seen there Num. 21. it hath se-
veral spikes upon the Canale. Buccinum ampullaceum, fuscum, rostra-
tum, striatum, triplici ordine mu-
ricum exasperatum, apice medio-
criter producto: Purpura clavata, sive
murex parvus rostratus, Fab. Col.
There is a Figure of it given by D. Lister
in the place last cited. The Canale and
Body are both spiked. Buccinum ampullaceum, album, rostratum,
striatum, triplici ordine muricum
exasperatum. This is like the for-
mer, but is white, and the Apex is
shorter. Buccinum ampullaceum majus, fuscum, ro-
stratum, utrinque productiùs, densè
striatum, triplice muricum canali-
culatorum ordine horridum. Pur-
pura sive murex pelagius marmo-
reus, Fab. Col. Doctor Lister gi-
veth the Figure of it. Hist. Conch.
lib. 4. Sect. 14 Cap. 5. Fig. 41. BUccinaBuccina bilinguia majora: hic haben-
tur Buccinum bilingue marmoreum, fuscum,
striatum 155 De Testaceis rarioribus. 155
striatum profunde, & undatum,
septem orbibus muricatis donatum,
claviculâ mediocriter productâ. Buccinum bilingue album, majus, nodosum,
apice minùs producto. Buccinum bilingue striatum, ex albo fus-
cum, labro croceo dentato, clavi-
culâ mediocriter productâ, quinque
orbibus muricatis donatâ. EXEx bilinguibus digitatis hic habentur Buccinum bilingue, profundè striatum,
muricatum, labro latepatente, e-
jusque imâ parte digitata. D. Li-
ster lib. 4. Sect 12. Cap. 4. Fig.
30. where it is very well figured by him. Buccinum bilingue majus muricatum, ore
purpurascente, labro multi-digitato.
Aporrhais, Aldrovandi. Buccinum bilingue, rostro recurvo, muri-
çatâ claviculâ, insimo labro in te-
nuem digitum valdè producto, la-
bro interiore saturatè rubente The
Figure of it is given by Dr. Lister
Hist. Conch. lib. 4. Sect. 12. Cap.
4. Fig. 28. Buccinum bilingue subfuscum labro crasso,
rictu subcroceo, intùs striato, mu-
ricatum. Lister ibidem. EX BEx buccinis rostratis sinuosis muricatis hic
habentur Y 2 Buc- 156 156 Liber Tertius, Buccinum rostratum, sinuosum, muricatum,
album. There is a figure of it in Li-
steri Hist. Conch. lib. 4. Sect. 13.
Cap. 1. Fig. 8. Buccinum rostratum, sinuosum, leviter
striatum, muricatum, album, ma-
culis fuscis, & cæruleis depictum. Buccinum rostratum, sinuosum, nodosum,
maculis ex albo croceis fuscis &
cæruleis, pulchrè distinctum. Buccinum rostratum sinuosum, muricatum,
maculis ex albo croceis variegatum. Buccinum rostratum sinuosum, leviter stri-
atum; fasciatur & muricatum, ma-
culis ex albo subfuscis, pulchre no-
tatum, claviculâ parùm exertâ. Buccinum rostratum, sinuosum, nodosum,
album, labro dentato, reflexo, cla-
viculâ nodis tenuissimis exasperatâ,
& apice parùm compresso. Buccinum rostratum, sinuosum, nodosum,
album, maculis croceis notatum,
claviculâ paululùm exertâ. EX Ex Buccinis ampullaceis asperis, minori-
bus hic servantur Buccinum ampullaceum, fuscum, nodo-
sum, fasciatum, brevi rostro, la-
bro geminato, dentato, claviculâ
mediocriter exertâ. Buc- 157 de Testaceis rarioribus 157 Buccinum ampullaceum virescens, ex toto
muricatum, brevi rostro, labro te-
nui propatulo, claviculâ parum ex-
ertâ. Buccinum ampullaceum albidum, ex toto
muricatum, striatum, labro propa-
tulo & Claviculâex croceo cæruleo &
nigro pulcherrime variegata, apice
parùm exerto. Buccinum ampullaceum strîatum, & muri-
catum, ex albo fuscum, labro tenui
propatulo, apice parùm exerto. Buccinum ampullaceum album, ex toto no-
dosum, labro dentato propatulo, a-
pice parùm compresso. Buccinum ampullaceum fasciis albis & fus-
cis pulchrè distinctum, ex toto no-
dosum, labro propatulo tenui ex al-
bo & fusco variegato, apice medio-
criter exerto. Buccinum ampullaceum, fuscum, profun-
dè striatum & parte mediâ nodo-
sum, rostro recurvo sinuoso, labro
propatulo, dentato, & parte ex-
teriore bifasciato, apice mediocriter
producto. Buccinum ampullaceum, cinereum, ex to-
to muricatum, columellâ dentatâ,
& labro dentato, apice paululùm
compresso. Buccin- 158 158 Liber Tertius, Buccinum ampullaceum virescens ex toto
nodosum, ore amplo, apice medio-
criter exerto. Buccinum ampullaceum album, leviter stri-
atum, rostratum, labro propatulo,
apice mediocriter exerto. Buccinum ampullaceum fuscum, rostratum,
striatum, nodosum, claviculâ medio-
criter productâ. EX BEx buccinis Ventricofis, labro-reflexo,
hic sunt Buccinum ventricosum, recurvirostrum,
utrinque dentatum, profundè stria-
tum & quadantenus cancellatum,
maculis fuscis distinctum, labro re-
flexo & maculis ex albo fuscis in
margine, notato; claviculâ parùm
exertâ. Buccinum ventricosum recurvirostrum u-
trinque dentatum, striatum, album,
labro reflexo, claviculâ parùm ex-
ertâ. Buccinum ventricosum recurvirostrum u-
trinque dentatum, labro reflexo,
album, infimâ parte profundè sul-
catum, claviculâ parùm exertâ. Buccinum brevi rostro labrosum, angust-
us, lævius, costis tenuioribus, ex
fusco 159 de Testaceis rarioribus, 159 fusco & albo eleganter vermicula-
tum D. Listeri. Hist. conch. Buccinum brevi rostro, labrosum ex albo
cinereum, parte infimâ nodosum,
apice mediocriter exerto. Buccinum brevi rostro, recurvo, ex albo ci-
nereum, læve, utrinque dentatum,
maculis fuscis variegatum, clavicu-
lâ nodosâ, apice paululùm exerto. Buccinum ventricosum, striatum, ex albo
& fusco variegatum, utrinque den-
tatum, brevi rostro recurvo, clavi-
culà nodosa parùm exertâ. Buccinum minus, læve, labro reflexo, utrin-
que dentatum, maculis capillaceis
depictum, claviculâ leviter nodosâ
parùm exertâ. Bnuccinum album, rostratum, profundè stri-
atum, crebris fasciis elatioribus di-
stinctum, claviculâ mediocriter pro-
ductâ. Buccinum ex albo rufescens, rostratum,
fasciatum, profundè striatum, labro
geminato, apice parùm exerto. Buccinum rufescens triangulare, profundè
fulcatum, rostratum, maculis albis
pulchrè depictum, claviculâ parùm
compressâ, apice albo. Buccinum brevi rostro rufescens, striatum,
fasciatum 160 160 Liber Tertius,
fasciatum, claviculâ mediocriter
productâ. Buccinum bilingue, album, striatum, no-
dosum, labro propatulo digitato. Buccinum bilingue, ex fusco rufescens, no-
dosum, labro propatulo digitato. Buccinum ampullaceum minus, utrinque
dentatum, maculis croceis ex albo
variegatum, claviculâ parùm exer-
tâ. Buccinum ampullaceum minus, profundè
striatum, utrinque dentatum, ex al-
bo & fusco variegatum, claviculâ
parùm exertâ. Buccinum ampullaceum minus, striatum,
utrinque dentatum, apice parùm
exerto. CAPUT QUARTUM.
De Conchis bivalvibus.
Of the Bivalve, or double Shells ENaratisEnaratis conchis univalvibus, succedunt
methodo nobis proposita, Multival-
ves ut magis compositæ. Hæ multas tribus
constituunt; hoc autem capite de bivalvibus
ut simplicioribus agemus; de reliquis, se-
quente capire. Ex bivalvibus hisce, quædam
sunt 161 de Testaceis rarioribus. 161
sunt Testis paribus donatæ, quædam impari-
bus; quædam rotundæ sunt, quædam oblongæ;
quædam magis cavæ, quædam minus cavæ;
Quædam sunt auritæ, quædam non auritæ;
quædam cunei-formes, quædam breves, quæ-
dam longissimæ, ab utraque parte hiantes,
quædam ab altero tantum latere hiantes;
quædam asperæ, quædam læves, quædam stri-
atæ, quædam rugosæ, quædam cancellatæ,
quædam echinatæ, quædam imbricatæ, quæ-
dam mucronatæ, quædam dorso in aciem
compresso; quædam unicolores, quædam
variegatæ; quædam uno articulo, quædam
pluribus donatæ. ARTICULUS PRIMUS.
De bivalvibus, imparibus Testis, donatis. BIvalvesBivalves Conchæ imparibus Testis
donatæ, variæ sunt. quædam enim
ex his asperæ sunt, unico ligamento interno
instructæ, Ostrea dictæ; nobis, Oisters. Ex
his, hic habentur Ostreum vulgare maximum, intùs argenteo
quodam splendore albescens. This
is described and figured by Dr. Lister
De coch. mar. Angl. tab. 4. fig. 26.
Tis taken frequently in sundry places of
Z the 162 162 Liber Tertius,
the firth of Forth, these of the biggest
size are called, by our fishers, Warping
Oisters. Sometimes Pearles are found
in our Oisters, round and smooth, but
of a white colour. Dr. Willis hath the
dissection of the Animal and its parts
lib. de animâ Brut. Cap. 3. and Dr.
Lister hath published his observations
concerning them Exercit. anatom.
tertiâ Conchyl. bivalv. pag. 68. Ostreum rotundum minus, apophysi brevi;
this was found cast up upon the shore
near to Newhaven. Ostreum oblongum, apophysi longâ recurvà
angulo acuto, desinente. This is ob-
long, and draweth narrow at the head
and from thence groweth wider. It
was found at the place last mentioned. COchleæCochleæ bivalves ex omni parte clusi-
les, striatæ, dicuntur Pectines, (quòd
conchas habeant pectinatim striatas
nobis Scallops and clames; horum altera
testa cava est, altera plana. Ex his, hic
servantur Pecten albidus utrinque auritus, striatus,
major, circiter viginti striis crassi-
oribus donatus. Pecten 163 de Testaceis rarioribus. 163 Pecten minor, striatus, subcæruleus, utrin-
que auritus, circiter viginti striis
crassioribus donatus. This with the
former is Described and Figured by Dr.
Lister de Coch. mar. Angl. Pecten major rufescens utrinque auritus,
striis circiter viginti crassioribus
striatus. Pecten argentei coloris, oblongus utrinque
auritus, asper, densè admodùm stri-
atus Pecten ex albo rufescens, admodùm cavus,
lævis, utrinque auritus, lineis cir-
citer viginti distinctus. Pecten minor utrinque auritus, sinuosus &
inæqualis, ex croceo albis maculis
variegatus, crebrò striatus. Pecten minor inæqualiter auritus, leviter
striatus; parte superiore croceâ,
inferiore albâ, margine depressi-
ore donatâ. Pecten minor, utrinque auritus, sinuosus,
parte superiore flavâ, inferiore al-
bâ margine etiam depressiore ex
parte, donatâ. Pecten minor inæqualiter auritus, maculis
ex albo fuscis variegatus, parte imà,
margine depressiore donatus. Z 2 Pecten 164 164 Liber Tertius, Pecten minor, unâ parte auritus, maculis
ex rubro & cæruleo pulchrè varie-
gatus. Pecten minor, inæqualiter auritus, albidus,
striatus. Pecten minor, inæqualiter auritus, flaves-
cens, profundè striatus. Pecten minor utrinque auritus, citrini co-
loris. Pecten minor inæqualiter auritus, ex albo
& croceo pulchrè variegatus. Pecten minor inæqualiter auritus, ex vio-
laceo & albo colore variegatus. Pecten minor, utrinque auritus, cinereus,
punctis fuscis distinctus. Pecten minor, inæqualiter auritus, ex albo
& fusco pulchrè variegatus, striis
profundioribus. Pecten minor, utrinque æqualiter auritus,
profundè striatus & ex albo & ru-
bro pulchrè variegatus. Pecten minor, ex fusco rubescens, utrin-
que auritus, sed inæqualiter, den-
sè & profundè striatus. Pecten minor inæqualiter auritus ex albo
& fusco variegatus, imâ parte mu-
ricatus. Pecten minor, inæqualiter auritus ex albo
& rubro variegatus, profundè stri-
atus. Ex 165 de Testaceis rarioribus. 165 EXEx Conchis bivalvibus, imparibus testis,
non auritis, hic sunt Concha major albida, striis circiter octo-
decem nodosis donata. Concha major crassa, ex albo rufescens,
dentata, lævis, lineis multis circula-
ribus distincta, cava, in dorsum
multùm elata. An, Concha è ma-
ximis, admodùm crassa, rotunda,
ex nigro rufescens D. Lister de
coch. mar. Angl.? where it is well
Described and Figured. It is called by
our Fishers, Gakie. Concha quædam asperâ & inæquali super-
persicie donata, unâ testâ, admo-
dùm cavâ per tres profundos sinus
divisâ, alterâ planâ trifariam pari-
ter divisâ. An, Spondili margine
digitati species? Concha exotica, alba, margine in mucro-
nem emissa, Fab. Col. there is a
Figure of it in D. Listeri Hist.
conc. bivalv. Concha alba, striata, dorso in aciem com-
presso, margine circum circa muri-
catâ. COnchæConchæ bivalves, ut plurimùm striatæ,
sine auribus, utrâque testâ æqualter
cav 166 166 Liber Tertius,
cavâ, unico musculo donatæ, Pectunculi,
nobis Cochles dicuntur. Ex his, hic sunt Pectunculus vulgaris, albidus, rotundus,
striatus. Pectunculus fuscus lævis, fasciatus. Pectunculus major, ex latere productior,
albus, striatus. Pectunculus minor, lævis, albus, maculis
fuscis, instar charecterum signatus. Pectunculus albus, minor, profunde stria-
atus. Pectunculus minor, maculis ex albo sub-
rufis variegatus, profundè striatus,
imbricatus. Pectunculus minor, flavus, asper, cancel-
latus. Pectunculus minor, subcæruleus fasciatus. Pectunculus, albus, minor, fasciatus. Pectunculus minimus, albus, lineis circula-
ribus donatus. Pectunculus ruber fasciatus. Pectunculus fasciatus, ruber, fasciis albis &
cæruleis distinctus. Pectunculus subfuscus leviter striatus, albis
fasciis latioribus donatus. Pectunculus minor fasciatus, ex flavo & al-
bo variegatus. Massa quædam ex pectunculis vulgaribus
conglutinatis. Ex 167 de Testaceis rarioribus. 167 EXEx Tellinis hic sunt Tellina lata, lævis, fasciis rubris & al-
bidis pulchrè variegata, tenuissi-
ma. Tellina lata, lævis, fasciis ex rubro palle-
scentibus, albis & subcæruleis de-
picta. EXEx Conchis longis hic servatur Concha fusca longissima, angustissima,
musculo ad Cardinem nigro;
Quibusdam Solen dicta D. Lister
dc coch. mar. Angl. Where it is
Described and Figured. Our Fishers
call it the Spout-fish; others, the
Sheath, or Razour-fish. COnchæConchæ Bivalves, laves, oblongæ, ab
altero tantùm latere ferè naturaliter
hiantes, chamæ dicuntur. Anglis The gap-
ing Muscle, These are double Shells, articulat-
ed with the navle strait, with Valves more
concave, they are thin and easily broken, their
Valves are seldom or never shut. The sides are
produced from the Base by similar lines, and the
Figure of the Shell is oblong. Ex his, hic ser-
vantur Chama 168 168 Liber Tertius, Chama latescens ex rubro radiata. D.
Lister Hist. conch. Bivalv: Chama tenuis violacea, radiata, costâ uni-
câ ex internâ parte firmatâ. D.
Lister ibidem. Chama tenuis fasciata, ex albo, cæruleo,
& fusco variegata, margine flave-
scente. Chama tenuis fasciata, fasciis ex albo sub-
cæruleis, leviter striatis, distincta. Chama tenuis fasciata, ex flavo & albo
variegata, margine leviter striatâ. COnchæConchæ, bivalves, fetiferæ, unico liga-
mento donatæ, Figurâ ferè Rhom-
boide, Musculi dicuntur. Ex his, hic ha-
bentur Musculus ex cæruleo niger. D. Lister de
coch. mar. Angl. The common
Muscle. Musculus vulgaris cum multis balanis vul-
garibus testæ adhærentibus. Musculus fuscus, minor, cum setis adhæ-
rentibus. Musculus minor striatus, colore partim
fusco, partim albo pallescente. This
was brought to me from the West-
Isles. Mus 169 de Testaceis rarioribus. 169 Musculus striatus, fasciis undatis subfuscis
depictus. D. Lister Hist. Conch
bivalv: à quibusdam dictus, Mus-
culus Mathioli. Musculus latus maximus, testâ crassâ ni-
grâ: Our Fishers call it the Horse-
Muscle Musculus latus maximus, fluviatilis, testâ
admodùm tenui, ex fusco virides-
cens. The Muscle out of which our
best Pearls are gotten. Musculus tenuis minor, latiusculus. D.
Lister appendice ad Hist. anim.
Angl. where he describeth it, and gi-
veth the figure of it. It was found in
Inchmahom bourn in West Lothian
and he who brought it to me told me,
when he took it up, the Animal was
alive cheeping. The description fi-
gure and dissection of the Muscle may
be seen in Antonius van Heide his
Mytuli dissectio. A a CAP. 170 170 Liber Tertius, CAPUT QUINTUM.
De Conchis multivalvibus
Of Shell, multiple. COnchæConchæ multivalves variæ sunt; quæ-
dam quinque testarum, quædam
plurium. Ex hisce, hic servantur Conchæ pholades ; & Conchæ dictæ a-
natiferæ & Balani. Conchæ quinque te-
starum, cardinibus loculis quibusdam quasi
perforatis Pholades dicuntur. Pholas noster. Prod. Hist. Nat. Scot.
part. 2. lib. 3. p. 27. This is wrong
plac'd there among the Bivalves: for
it is found to have five Shells. There
are three Figures of it. Tab. 20. But
the best figure with a full and accurat
description of it, may be seen D. Lister
Conch. Bivalv. utriusque aquæ ex-
ercit. Anatom. 3. Tab. 7. where
the Animal likewise and its parts are
wel described; he calleth it Piddocks;
the French call it Pitau. Concha quinque-valvis compressa, tubulo
quodam lignis, aut Algæ marinæ
adhærens, animal fui generis multis
cirrhis 171 de Testaceis rarioribus. 171
cirrhis instructum continens, falsò
dicta Anatifera; Salmasio Epistolâ
ad H. Grotium. N. 17. dicta Vermi
caulis ostrea, & Conchifer vermis.
Grotio autem Epist. 257. Zoophy-
tum & conchifer vermis. Et Epist.
258. Ligni-vermostraca; Balanus,
Rondeletio, Glans marina Rondelet.
Fab. Columnæ. Concha anatifera
margine lævi. Lister. Hist. Conch. Concha hæc figurâ suá ad nucem A-
mygdalam compressam accedit. Est autem
triquetra exteriùs ex albo cærulea, Onici
similis, compressa & striis quibusdam se-
cundum longitudinem distincta: quædam
conchæ unciam sive pollicem unum lon-
gitudine superant, latitudine ferè pari;
quædam sunt multò minores. Quinque
testis constat hæc concha, validis mem-
branis inter se connexis; has autem testas,
valvas voco, quòd aperiantur & in suâ
junctione flexibiles sint. Nam eas pro
arbitrio aperit & claudit animal. Ex his
testis binæ sunt majusculæ, quibus altero
extremo ubi margines earum aperiuntur,
duæ aliæ minores, quasi superinjectæ sunt,
à quibus, quinta admodùm angusta, lon-
giuscula curvaque totum reliquum Cardi-
nem claudit. A a 2 Superiores 172 172 Liber Tertius, Superiores duæ, inferioribus ferè triplo
majores sunt, & versùs pediculum, seu po-
tiùs caudam positæ, crassiores sunt & Fi-
guræ triangularis. Inferiores triquetræ quoque, sed minores
& tenuiores sensim contractiores in punctum
desinunt. Testa qua postica est, tanquam reli-
quarum appendix est; incurva & interiùs ca-
va, instar carinæ navis duoque conchæ la-
tera in parte posteriore connectit. Omnes hæ Testæ, interiùs membranâ
nigrâ vestiuntur, cujus Obscuritas, conchæ
albedini imposita, cærulescentem colorem
inducit, & ad conchæ etiam firmitatem &
robur facit, quæ alioqui propter tenuita-
tem, admodùm fragilis esset, hâc autem
membranâ ablatâ, alba pellucensque
concha est. Hæ autem Testæ, pro magnitudine suâ
crassiores aut tenuiores, junctæ, cavitatem
constituunt, in quâ hospitatur animal, sui
quidem generis, quod tamen ad polipos
accedere videtur, & ut verisimile est è
conchâ anteriùs apertà protensis cirrhis re-
morum instar, eorum motu seu remigio
vehitur, dum prædam insequitur, aut in
alterius sexûs Animalis amplexus ruit.
Semel tantum has conchas vivas videre cla-
rissimo 173 de Testaceis rarioribus. 173
rissimo D. Balfourio nostro contigit, in lit-
tus Fifense projectas, quas, parùm coctas,
huc detulit, nobisque conspiciendas obtu-
lit, animale cùm nudis oculis tùm micros-
copio à nobis inspecto, vultus ad Simiæ
faciem accedere videbatur, in medio cirrho-
rum situs erat, oris prominentiam quandam
cernere licebat, parenchyma apparebat
esse substantiæ ad cartilaginem accedentis
& cinerei coloris, quoàd partem superio-
rem. Clarissimus D. Listerus observavit
Viscera purpurea, præter meconium quod
ex purpurâ nigricat, instrumentaque gene-
rationi dicata, quæ ex divaricatione con-
suetâ facilè agnosccbantur, atque ea albi-
cabant. Demortuæ, diutiùs servatæ caro
similis est carnosæ parti mytuli siccioris,
confusis inter se lineamentis, & contractis.
Ex Capite propendent cirri, sive pedes sive
brachiola appellare libet, qui hianti infe-
riore parte conchæ extra eam protrudun-
tur. & caudæ aviculæ contractæ speciem
mentiuntur, sed pennæ non sunt, cùm fi-
lamenta in unâ tantum parte, inferiore
scilicet emittantur: erant autem ea fila-
menta ex colore fusco flavescentia : Ex-
terior cirrorum pars nuda erat & constabat
ex multis quasi geniculis obscuri coloris,
ejus substantia cartilaginea est, Ex fila-
mentis 174 174 Liber Tertius,
mentis internæ partis superiora, longiora
erant inferioribus. Clarissimus D. Liste-
rus in animalibus à se visis, cirros quatuor-
decem numero, observavit, & omnes du-
plicati esse videbantur. Certè contrahuntur
& extenduntur hi cirri, varièque moventur
pro animalis arbitrio, & in eum usum de-
stinati esse videntur ut animal per eas, se
quasi remigare, & escam venari, orique
in horum medio sito admovere possit, eun-
demque usum præstare videntur quem in
polipo, Sepiâ & Loligine brachia, orbi-
culis osseis dentatis instructa exhibent. Sed
necesse est quæ hisce Animalculis cedunt
in prædam, tenuia & exilia admodùm sint,
cum filamenta tenuissima sint & cartilagi-
nea etiam pars cirrorum (durior licet &
robustior) tenuis admodum sit; hâ
autem fabricâ, æque ac illa nuper memo-
rata grandiora, ad rapacitatem compara-
tum est animal hoc, pro sui corporis pro-
portione. Ex conchæ parte Superiore, quâ latior
& crassior est, erumpit Tubulus quidam,
per me licet pedunculus dicatur. Hic pro
Animalis mole tres, quatuor aut quinque
pollices ( dum vivit anamal ) longus
est, per cujus remotissimam extremitatem
sundo latiusculo cæco, ligno navium aut
Algæ de Testaceis rarioribus. 175
Algæ marinæ adhæret, per alteram autem
cum testis & reliquo animalis corpore con-
nectitur, idque imum late, tanquam calix
glandem amplectitur. Hoc tubulo ut & conchæ figurâ à Balanis
omnibus quos vidi dissert hæc concha, vi-
deturque conchæ novum genus constituere,
animal etiam ipsum ab animalibus, in Ba-
lanis contentis, admodùm differt, ut ea
conferenti patebit. Hic autem tubulus
duplici tunicâ constat ex Observatione D.
Balfourii qui conchas vivas vidit; exteriore
unâ, alterâ internâ, Exterior dura, tenuior
& cartilaginea est, subfuscique coloris, ex
observationibus D. Balfourii, fibris circula-
ribus seu orbicularibus instructa, quas ad ex-
crementorum excretionem facere censuit;
hæ fibræ nudis oculis cernuntur. Interior
tenacis substantiæ est, fibris in longitudi-
nem protensis donata. D. Listerus illam,
mollem, crassum, & ex albo leviter pur-
purascentem aut ex croco flavican-
tem observavit. Tubuli hujus crassities
in quibusdam ex hisce animalibus digi-
tum minimum æquat, & fusci coloris
est, mollique & spongiosâ substantià con-
stat. Interius in Canalem cavatur, qui
producitur à conchâ ipsâ ad extremitatem
quâ ligno affigitur; & mihi quidem vi-
detur hic tubulus, ipse venter animalis es-
se, 176 176 Liber Tertius,
se, in quo viscera conservantur. In eo ali-
quando succus quidam albus viscidior re-
peritur, quem Clarissimus Graindorgin, Tra-
ite des macreuses vult nutritioni animalis in-
servire, saltem in primâ ejus conformatione
quod minimæ tenerioresque conchulæ,
omni aliâ ex parte, ita planè clausæ sint,
ut non nisi vi aperiantur, sed majores
sponte se aperiunt, viamque faciunt cirris
istis, quos pedes aut brachia animalis esse
putat, quibus in nutrimento arripiendo
utitur. In hoc tubulo D. Balfourius, O-
va invenit, in animale vivo coloris cæru-
lei, quæ cocta carnei evasere coloris, Cla-
rissimus D. Listerus in his Conchis obser-
vavit ligamenta nervosa, quibus majusculæ
testæ sese aperiunt clauduntque, quæ in
hisce conchis perinde se habent, ac in bi-
valvibus; Etenim unum musculorum re-
ctorum par, valdè conspicuum ori subest ad
medium ventrem. I have refuted the fables
about this Animal in the Appendix. Prod.
Hist. Nat Scot. and in a particular di-
scourse, which was read at the meeting of the
Colledge of Physicians at Edinburgh, which is
joynd with the Observat. de Aquatilibus Sco-
tiæ: where there is a figure of it. A good figure
of the shell & Animal may be seen D. Listeri
exercit. anat. tertiâ Bivalv. Tab. 7. fig.
4. & 5. 177 de Testaceis rarioribus. 177

4. & 5. who also hath there given his obser-
vations anent them. Concha plurium Laminarum, loco
affixæ, vertice aperto, Balani dicuntur. Ex
his, quidam sunt duodecem testarum, præ-
ter operculum mitratum. In hoc scrinio
servantur ex Balanis Balanus major latus D. Lister Hist. Bival-
vium. Balanus Majusculus, ventricosior, capitis
aperturâ angustiore. Balanus Cinereus, velut è senis laminis stri-
atis compositus, ipso vertice, alterâ
testâ, bifidâ, Rhomboide, occluso.
Balani parva species, apud Aldro-
vandum. Pustula dicta Leuenhocio.
Tis described & figured by D. Lister
de Coch. mar. Angl. And its form
as it appeareth by the Microscope, is
given in a large Figure by Lewenhock,
Epist. 83. CAPUT SEXTUM
De usu Concharum. USusUsus medicus variarum concharum ha-
betur apud Authores qui scribunt
B b de 178 178 Liber Tertius,
de materiâ Medicâ. Doctissimus D. Lister.
Eas Septicæ Virtutis esse affirmat, unde
in omni Ventriculi cruditate, earum us-
us eximius est, quocirca inter Alexiphar-
maca, eas meritò posuerunt Veteres Me-
dici; nostrique non minùs homines eas
depereunt super omnia Septica. Ad
multos etiam alios usus adhibentur, ex iis
enim combustis calx paratur, ad ædifican-
dum perquàm utilis; conchæ etiam pro fœ-
cundandis agris usurpatæ fuere, teste Virgilio
— Quæcunque premes Virgulta per agros
Sparge simo pingui, et multâ memor occule terrâ,
Aut lapidem bibulum, aut squalentes insode conchas Conchis etiam quibusdam charta lævi-
gatur Martiali teste, Lævis ab æquoreâ cortex mareotica conchâ
Fiat, inoffensâ curret arundo viâ. Fucus etiam quidam ex his paratur. In
variis etiam conchis Margaritæ reperiuntur
magni pretii in hac etiam Regione. I have
seen a Necklace, of Pearles found in this Coun-
try, which was valued at five hundred pound
sterling: they were all exactly round, of a good
water, well matched. PARS 179 ( 179 ) PARS SECUNDA.
De Animalibus Sanguineis Rari-
oribus.
Of Rare Sanguineous Creatures. CAPUT PRIMUM.
De Serpentibus.
Of Serpents. ENarratisEnarratis Animalibus exanguibus rario-
ribus, sequuntur Animalia sangui-
nea rariora. Hæc autem sunt, vel repti-
lia seu serpentia; vel natatilia, quæ pro-
priè dicuntur Pisces; vel Volatilia; vel
Gressilia. Reptilia pedibus carent, & sunt
Serpentes, qui à Serpendo Nomen habent,
quamvis Reptilia latiùs sumpta, insecta &
Scorpiones & araneas comprehendant.
Nos de iis tantum Serpentibus agemus,
quorum exuviæ hic servantur. Tintinabulum Anguis dicti incolis Bra-
siliæ Boicininga. D. Tysoni, Vipera
Americana caudisona. The ratle
B b 2 Snake 180 180 Liber Tertius,
Snake; from the Ratle at the end of
his Taile. Joh. de Læt, and Guil.
Piso Describe it, and give a Figure
of it; but the best account of it, with
an Anatomical description of the in-
ward Parts, is given by the learned
Doctor Tyson, in the Philosophical
Transactions of the Royal Societie.
Num. 144. The Ratle is well De-
scribed by D. Grew. Mus. R. S.
By the Ratle, these that travel through
the fields, are warned to avoid com-
ing near, so noxious a creature; for
these that are bitten with him, some-
times die miserably in 24. hours, their
whole Body cleaving into shops. Le-
rius saith their progressive motion is so
swift that they seem to fly, which makes
the Ratle to be so much the more usefull
in giving timely notice of their approach. Cutis Serpentis peregrini, Besleri. The skin
of a foreign Serpent. Besler hath the
Figure of it. Lapis de capite Serpentis sumptus. A Snake
Stone from Golconda. It is repored,
the Banians applying this to the Bites
of Snakes certainly cure them. It is
thought by some, to be factitious. An,
Bulgolda Boetii de Gemmis? Dr. Grew 181 de Sanguineis rarioribus. 181
Grew Describeth it well. M. R. S. CAPUT SECUNDUM.
De Piscibus rarioribus Oviparis.
Of oviparous Fishes. PIscesPisces propriè sic dicti, quidam sunt O-
vipari, quidam vivipari; procedendo
autem ab ignobilioribus ad nobiliora, pri-
mò de oviparis agendum est. Ex his hic
servantur Cuculus Rondeletii; Pavo Salviani. The
red Gournet; he hath the name Cu-
culus, from the noise, he makes like a
Cuckow when he is taken. 'Tis well
Described by Rondeletius; and Wil-
loughby hath a good Figure of it in his
Book, de Piscibus. The fore-head is
Square, and the head almost cubical
like that of the Scorpion Fish. Cuculus Griseus Willoughbæi. He giveth the
Description and the Figure of it, It is
called by some, the long snouted Gour-
net, and by our Fishers the Croner, and
the Sea-Hen. It is one of the Pisces
Anadromi, which come up the fresh
water, for I had one brought to me,
that was taken in the water of Tine,
near 182 182 Liber Tertius,
near to Hadingtoun; this hath a longer
head than the former, and a saddle-nose. Scorpio marinus; the Scorpion-fish. It is
Described Observat: de Aquatilibus
Scotiæ, and by Shonveldius; there is
is a good Figure of it in him, and in the
Prod. Nat. Hist. Scot. Tab. 17. Cataphractus Shonveldii: The mailed Fish of
Dr. Grew. 'Tis a small fish, about
five or fix Inches long, with a broad
Squat head, and thence taper'd to the end
of the Tail; his Scales are, as it were
doubled, by which he becomes of an an-
gular Figure, with about eight Angles
before, and six behind, his Nose end
armed with two Prickles, standing to-
gether, in a semilunar Figure, sup-
posed to be Venemous. The Figure of
it may be seen in Shonveldius his Ich-
thyologia, and in Prod. Nat. Hist.
Scot Tab. 19. Fig. 2. & 5. where
both the back and belly of it, are repre-
sented. It is was taken in the Firth of
Forth. And there are some curious
remarks about it in the Observat. de
Aquatil. Scot: Aculeatus marinus major Shonveldii. 'Tis
called by the Fishers the Heckle-bone. It
is Described and Figured by Schon-
 veldius: 183 de Sanguineis rarioribus. 183
veldius: There a Figure of it likewise
Prod. Nat. Hist. Scot. Tab. 19.
Fig. 2. It is taken in the the Firth of Forth. Brama marina forcipata Willoughbei. He
hath a good Figure of it. Tab. 5. it
is called the Sea-Breame and is De-
scribed by Willoughby, de Piscibus;
and in the Observat. de Aquatil.
Scot. where there is a good Figure of it
drawn from the Fish. Hiatula Salviani: Willoughby hath the Fi-
gure of it under that Name. It was
taken in the Firth of Forth. An,
perca marina? Some take it to be
that called the Sea Pearch. Turdus viridis Willoughbei; Turdus viridis
seu decimus Rondeletii. An, Ver-
done Salviani? The green Sea Thrush.
'Tis Described by Willoughby pag.
320. See the Figure Tab. 10. Mustelus minor Orcadensis. They call it
there a Skellock. Aselli non scripti, Tusk dicti, Caput. The
Description and Figure of it is in the
Observat. de aquatil, Scot, Tis taken
frequently in Shetland, and sometimes
in Orkney. It is excellent meat ; tis of
the Cod kind, and approacheth neerest
to 184 184 Liber Tertius,
to that sort, which is called Ling; it is
ordinarly brought here without the head,
but I at last obtained one that was in-
tire. Piscis, ore edentulo, corpore latiore; non
scriptus, ad Genus Thuninum ac-
cedens; Quibusdam Bonito dictus.
Piscis, maculis aureis aspersus, non
scriptus. Prod. Hist. Nat. Scot.
Tab. 6. Fig. 3. Pisci, Orcadensi,
latiori a D. Jacobo Wallisio descrip-
to, congener. A Fish called by some,
a Bonito, but it differeth from it, and
the Pelamis, and the Thunnus, in
that it hath no Teeth, and hath no such
Finns upon the Tail, as are found in
the Thuny kind. I made a Descrip-
tion of it from the Fish it self, which is
in Observat. de Aquatil. Scot, I
caused draw a large Figure of it, which
with the Skin of the Fish, may be seen in
the Musæum Balfourianum. The
Finnes and the Tail are of a red colour,
and the Body of the Fish, was curiously
spoted with large spots, some of a Gold
Colour, and some Purplish; it is good
Meat when drest. CAPUT. 185 de Sanguineis rarioribus. 185 CAPUT TERTIUM
De Piscibus Viviparis rurioribus.
Of Viviparous Fishes EXEx piscibus viviparis rarioribus hic ser-
vantur Acus Aristotelis. The Trumpet fish, so call'd
from the figure of his Bill, which is an
entire Pipe, shaped almost like that of
the Snipe-Fish. The fish from the head
to the Anus is Septangular; the Scales
are also engraven with small lines, al-
most of an elliptick figure. Acus Aristotelis, caudâ Serpentinâ. It is
described, and the figure of it is given
Prodr. Nat. Hist. Scot. Tab. 19.
Fig. 1. Hippocampus; The Horse fish; A small fish,
so called because his Head is shaped like
an Horses, and his Taile divided by
severall incisur's, somewhat like these
of Caterpillars. It hath the same
number of Finns, and in the same place,
the same Kind of Bill, the forebody sep-
tangular, and the Taile square, as the
Trumpet-Fish. And is therefore pro-
bably also viviparous, and so placed here. Mustela Cc 186 186 Liber Tertius, Mustela vivipara Nostras; The Eel-pout,
calld by our fishers a Guffer. It is de-
scribed Observat, de Aquatil. Scot.
and there is a Figure of it. Prod. Nat.
Hist. Scot. Tab. 19. and in Shon-
veldius his Ichthyologia. Sturionis Squama. A scale taken from the
back of the Sturgeon. The Sturgeon
is thought to be the Acipenser of the
Ancients. There is a Description of
the Fish in Wormius his Musæum,
and in Willoughby. And the Figure
of it may be seen in Besler and Wil-
loughby; The scales are Boney, and
stand in Rows, so, as to make the
Fish Pentangular: The Figure of most
of the side scales is Rhomboidal. 'Tis
taken in the Firths of Forth and Tay,
and else where in this Countrey, as at
the Confluence of Cree and Bladnoch,
beneath Wigton in Galloway, where
the Fish was found from whence this
Scale was taken. The Caviaire is
made of the Eggs of this Fish salted and
made up into a Mass. Rana piscatrix, the fishing frog. It is taken
upon the Coast of Fife. Sir George
Ent hath given a good Description and
Figure of it; and its inward parts to
be 187 de Sanguineis rarioribus. 187
be seen in Dr. Charleton his Ono-
masticon Zoïcon. Raia asperrima Rondeletii. This Skate is
full of Pikes upon the sides of the Body
especially, and hath a long piked Tail. It
was sent to me from Orknay where it
was taken. It is Described and Fi-
gured, Observat. de Aquat. Scotiæ. Raiæ clavatæ cauda spicata. The spiked Tail
of the Thornback. Lupi marini Shonveldii caput. The Head of
the Cat-Fish; the Fish is so called by
our Fishers. There is a Description of
it in Dr. Grew M. R. S. and Shon-
veldius hath a good Figure of it; there
is one too in the Prodr. Nat. Hist.
Scot. Tab. 16. Fig. 3. It is De-
scribed, and there are several remarks
of it in the Observat. de aquat. Scot.
I took several shell Fish out of the
Stomach of it; it tasteth of them, and
is very good Meat, when well prepared Balænæ macrocephalæ quæ tertiam in dorso
pinnam, & dentes falciformes ar-
cuatos habet, Dens. The Tooth of
that sort of Whale, which hath Sper-
ma Ceti in the Head of it. The De-
scription and Figure of this Whale, and
of several parts of it may be seen in the
C c 2 Phalai- 188 188 Liber Tertius,
Phalainologia, published by me, an-
no, 1692. Humor Christallinus ejusdem Balænæ.
The cristaline humour of the Eye of the
same Whale, it is round and much of
the same bigness with that of an Had-
dock. Fragmentum carnis, cum cute, ejusdem
Balænæ. Sperma Ceti ex ejus Capite desumptum.
The Sperma Ceti was lodged most of
it within the Skull of it, which was
of a prodigious bigness. The Whale
came in at Lymkills, a small Port in
the West end of Fife. Balænæ macrecephala tripinnis, Orcadensis,
quæ dentes habet minùs inflexos, &
in planum ferè desinentes, Dens.
This Whale is Described and Figured
in the Phalainologia. Sperma Ceti ex hâc Balænâ. Some of the
Sperma Ceti taken out of the Head of
this Whale. Dentes Balænarum minorum, in utrâque
maxillâ dentatarum, quæ Orcæ vo-
cantur. These Whales are Described
likewise in the Phalainologia. Costæ Balænæ, Orcæ dictæ. Some of the
Ribs of that sort of Whale. Verte- 189 de Sanguineis rarioribus. 189 Vertebra Orcæ. The joynt of the Back-bone of it. An, Clavicula Orcæ? A Bone broken, which
seemeth to be the Clavicular Bone of the
Orca. Vertebra Balænæ, quæ in Phalainologia, di-
citur Balæna major laminas cor-
neas in Maxillâ superiore habens,
tripinnis rostro acuto. This is a
smaller and slenderer sort of the Fin, or
Baleen-Whale, called by the Green-
Land Whale-catchers the Fin-Fish.
The Description and Figure of it may
be seen in the Phalainologia. 'Tis
remarkable in this, that it had no spout,
but two Nosethrils, lined within, with
such a Membrane as is seen in the Nose-
thrills of Horses, and such like Qua-
drupeds. Ossa duo Spinæ dorsi Balænæ quæ in Pha-
lainelogiâ, Trochleæ vocantur. They
are round and flat, and are joyned by
Membranes, Muscles and Tendons.
The one is joyned to the upper Vertebra,
and the other to the lower. The De-
scription and Figure of them may be
seen in the Phalainologia. Laminæ corneæ Balænæ quæ in Phalainol. di-
citur major, tripinuis, maxillâ infe-
riore rotundâ, cum laminis corneis
in 190 190 Liber Tertius,
in superiore maxillâ, The Fins, or
Baleen of this sort of Whale. 'Tis
Described and Figured in the Phalai-
nologia. Laminæ corneæ minores Balænæ quæ Fœ-
mina tripinnis, pinnis lateralibus
incurvis, & caudâ sinuatâ seu in
sinum retracta dicitur. The Description
and Figure of it is in Observat. de
Aquat. Scotiæ. Quatuor ossa grandiora ex pinnis laterali-
bus Balænæ desumpta. They made
up the Bones of the Armes ( what
answered to the Hands, was cartilagi-
nus ) they are soft, and porous, and
were full of Oyl. Penis Balænæ Orcadensis. The Pisle of a
Whale, which came in at Orknay. Serra Piscis qui Pristis dicitur. The Saw of
the Saw-Fish. 'Tis the spiked snout of
it; The Fish intire may be seen in the
Musæum Balfourianum, and the Fi-
gure of it in Besler. Dr. Grew De-
scribeth it Mus. R. S. CAPUT 191 de Sanguineis rarioribus. 191 CAPUT QUARTUM.
De Quadrupedibus rarioribus.
Of Quadrupeds QUadrupedaQuadrupeda rariora quædam sunt Am-
phibia, Quædam terrestria; Quæ-
dam Vivipara. Quædam Ovipara.
Ex Viviparis hic servantur Phocæ, seu Vituli marini, pes posterior. The
binder foot of the Seal or Selch, called
by our Fishers a Pouart, or Sea-dog.
'Tis Amphibious. I have given the
History of it in Observat. de Aquatil.
Scotiæ with a Figure of it. The Ana-
tomie of one taken in the Mediterra-
nean, is well done in the Memoires for
a Natural History of Animals, of the
Royal Academie of Sciences at Paris. Rosmari Dens; The Puncher tooth of the
Morse; The Figure of the Animal
may be seen in Joh. de Læt, his De-
scription of America, and in the Mu-
sæum Wormianum, in which, and
Dr. Grew's Mus. R. S. there is a
Description of it. The long Tusk of
this Animal which bendeth inwards,
may 192 192 Liber Tertius,
may be seen in the Musæum Balfouri-
anum. The Animal is amphibious. Cutis Castoris: The skin of a Castor or
Bevir, with the four feet at it, and the
Taile. The Tail is of an odd shape,
it is very broad and flat, bald and can-
cellated with some resemblance to the
scales of Fishes. Nature having here-
by as well as in other respects, marked
him for an Amphibious Creature. Ges-
ner hath Described it, and hath a good
Figure of it. The Anatomy of it
may be seen Philosoph. transact. Num.
49. And in the Memoirs of the Ac-
cademy of Sciences there is a good Fi-
gure of it, and of several of its parts;
and Joh. de Muralto, in his Vade-
mecum Anatomicum, hath given
likewise an anatomical Description
of it. Apri Dens recurvus. The Tusk of a wild
Boar, called a Sanglier, it windes
about a good way, and is triangular,
especially towards the point. Alcis ungulæ fragmentum. A piece of the
Hoof of an Elk. The Figure of the
Animal may be seen in Aldrovandus
and Johnstoun de Quadrupedibus,
where 193 de Sanguineis rarioribus. 193
where it is described, and there ii an A-
natomical description of it with figur's
in the Memoires of the Academy of
Sciences. Skeliton animalis digitati monstrosi. The
Skeleton of a monstrous, multifidous A-
nimal; it approacheth most to that
which in Musæo Cospiano pag. 29.
is figured under the name Gatto di due
Corpi con un Sol capo. it hath one
head, and down from thence two bodies. Tophus ex ventriculo ovis Orcadensis. An
hairy Ball of the shape of an Egg, taken
out of the Stomach of a Sheep in We-
stra in Orkney, which lay long under
the Snow, and ate its own wool. The
figure of one like this, taken out of a
Veals Stomach, may be seen, Prod.
Nat. Hist. Scot. Tab. 21. fig. 1. EXEx Quadrupedibus Oviparis hic fer-
vatur Testudo Marina Squamosa. The Scalie Sea-
tortoise; the Shell of it. The Animal
came in to Orknay, and this was
sent to me from thence. There is a
large account of the Anatomie of the
Land Tortoise, in the Memoires of the
Academy of Sciences; and Aure-
D d lius 194 194 Liber Tertius,
lius Severinus giveth some Observa-
tions upon the Sea-Tortoise, in his Zo-
otomia. part. 4. quadrupedum
Hist. and Dr. Grew Mus. R. S. CAPUT QUINTUM.
De Avibus.
Of Fowles. AVesAves animalia sanguinea, rostrata &
pennata sunt. Ex his quædam Ter-
restres Land Fowles; quædam A-
quaticæ Water fowles. Ex terrestribus Avi-
bus hic habentur Ispida; The King-fisher; 'Tis Described
by Mr. Willoughby und Gesner,
who have good Figures of it. Chrysæti pes. The foot, with the Claws of
the greatest Eagle, called the Golden
Eagle, Willoughby describeth it, and
hath a good Figure of it. Ex aquaticis habentur hic Colymbus maximus stellatus; Mergus
maximus farensis, sive Arcticus
Clusii. The greatest Diver or Loon;
there is a Figure of it. Prod. Nat
Hist. 195 de Sanguineis rarioribus. 195
Hist. Scot. Tab. 15. Fig. 1. 'Tis
as big as a Goose; 'Tu described by
Willoughby. Anser Bassanus. The Soland-Goose. 'Tis de-
scribed by Willoughby, and in the
Prodr. Nat. Hist. Scot. where there
is the Figure of a young one, and of
the Head and Foot of an old one.
Tab. 9. Corvi aquatici Caput, The Head of the Cor-
morant. Our People call it, the Skart;
'tis described and Figured by Wil-
loughby. Puffini Caput. 'Tis desribeddescribed by Willough-
by. Plateæ, sive Albardeolæ Caput & Pedes.
'Tis called the Shovelær; The end of
the Bill is broad and flat; The extremitie
of each beak is booked some what down
wards. These were sent to me from
Orknay. Oleum Avis Hirtensis, Filmer dictæ. 'Tis
of the Consistence of a Balsom, and of
the Colour of Amber: The Fowl is of
the size of the Mawes of the second rate;
all the back and out-side, is of a gray-
ish white colour; its Neck, breast,
and the in-side of its Wings are white,
D d 2 its 196 196 Liber Tertius,
its bill, pale and crooked, its Nostrils
wide. It is observed to feed on Whale
and sorrell, some part of which are
found in its Nest; It layeth about the
beginning of May, one Egg as big as
that of a Goose, which being taken a-
way, it is observed to lay no other that
Year; The Shell of the Egg is very
thin. The young one is all fat, except
the Bones. If you come near the young,
he ejects this Oyl upon you; when the
Inhabitants surprise him, they tye the
bill with a thread, and thereby mak
him eject it in a dish, which they pre-
scribe as a Soveraign remedie for Aches
and Stitches; some of the People in the
adjacent Isles, make use of this Oyl, for
a Vomiter, some use it for a Purge; it
never freezeth; it penetrateth through
a Wooden Vessel. This account I had
from my Friend, Mr. Martin, who ob-
served this in Hirta. CAPUT SEXTUM.
De rarioribus, quæ ab Homine petuntur.
Of humane Rarities. EXEx rarioribus quæ ab homine desumun-
tur, hic servantur Cranium 197 de Sanguineis rarioribus. 197 Cranium humanum, cujus Os frontis, su-
turâ non est divisum. In this Skull
the Sagital Suture reacheth only from
the Lamboid to the Coronal. Humani Cranii, nunquam humati, frag-
mentum, cum Usneâ adnascente.
A piece of a Humane Skull, that was ne-
ver buried, with a Moss growing up-
on it, commended for peculiar Vertues
in Medicine. Substantia quædam, instar cornu, excrescens
à digito rusticæ puellæ, excisa. An
excrescence cut off from the finger of a
Countrey Maid. The substance is
hard; yet approacheth more to the con-
sistence of a Wart, than to that of a
Horn. Vertebræ, Ossa femoris, aliaque fœtûs te-
nellï ossicula, cum excrementis per
alvum seminæ, dejecta. Several
small Bones of a Foetus, passed by the
Fundament of a Woman living here. Tophus quidam, seu substantia quædam
lapidea per alvum laominis dejecta.
A round Substance of a middle consi-
stence, betwixt a Stone and a Fungus,
or Substance like to a Mshrom passed at
the Fundament by a young Man ( the
fourteenth year of his Age ) living
in 198 198 Liber Tertius,
in the Parish of Sandwick in Orknay,
after he had languished in great Pain
about five years. The Pain was first
in the Right side, amongst the small
Intestines, and sHisted afterwards to the
Left side, and few days after that,
he passed it in great pain, with a
Glutinous matter about it. 'Tis near
an Inch and an half in Diameter, of
an Orbicular figure, 'tis more than half
an Inch thick in the middle, and
thinner towards the Edge; after that,
be passed other three such Substances,
and when this Account was sent, he
found the fifth coming. The Figure of
such Substances may be seen. Prod.
Nat. Hist. Scotiæ Tab. 21. Fig.
3. & 48 LIBER QUARTUS. 199 ( 199 ) LIBER QUARTUS.
De Artificiosis
Of Artificial Matters. QUæQuæ Hominum Arte parantur, ea vel
sunt Instrumenta, vel Picturæ, vel
venerandæ Antiquitatis Monumen-
ta, vel Libri: Instrumenta, vel scientiis
& Artibus inserviunt, vel ad usus domesticos
adhibentur. Picturæ, vel Icones illustrium
Virorum sunt, vel rerum rariorum deline-
ationes, vel Tabulæ Geographicæ, aut Hy-
drographicæ, Libri, vel sunt Manscripti;
vel Impressi: De hisce itaque hoc Libro
quarto agendum est. CAPUT PRIMUM.
De Instrumentis. EXEx hisce, hic servantur Thermoscopii Fulcrum ligneum. The
Timber frame of a Thermometer,
of a new Invention, with the Quali-
ties of the Weather marked in the pro-
per places. The common Thermo-
 meter 200 Liber Quartum, 200 meter is Described by Wormius. Mus.
pag. 363. Barometri Fulcrum. This is a part of the
Frame of a Barometer. Duo Instrumenta Mathematica è Ligno
buxeo. Two Instruments of Boxwood
well cut, in a Leather cafe; they are
Engraven upon four sides, with Num-
bers, Sines, Tangents, Chords, Hours
and Latitude. Quadrans nauticus. A Sea-mans Quadrant of
Timber; some call it a Jacobs staff. Pes Geometricus, A Foot of Measure, of
twelve Inches, of Boxwood, with the
Divisions and Numbers duely Engra-
ven upon it. Ænei quidam Tubuli; Some Tubes of Cop-
per, with Skrews, by which they are
joyned together. Atramentum Chiniticum, Characteribus
chinitcis insignitum. There is a
Description of it, and the way how it is
used in Wormius his Musæum. Concha, Mater Perlarum dicta, in Cultri
manubrium formata, & pulchrè cæ-
lata, A piece of the Handle of a Knife,
of Mother of Pearle, curiously Engra-
ven, with the Branches of a Vine, and a
Bird figured upon it. Cochleare 201 de Artificiosis rarioribus. 201 Cochleare Hirtense. A Spoon of an odd shape
made in Hirta of the Horne of one
of their sheep. Circinus. A pair of Compasses. CAPUT SECUNDUM.
De Picturis. ARTICULUS PRIMUS
De Iconibus Illustrium Virorum. EXEx hisce hic habentur Icon Caroli primi, Regis. Icon Caroli Secundi, Regis. Icon Jacobi Septimi, Regis. Icon Jacobi Drummondi, Comitis Perthæ,
Cancellarii Scotiæ. Icon Guilielmi Drummondi, de Hawthorn-
den, celebris Poetæ. Icon Georgii Mackenzii, Equitis, Advocati
Regii. Icon Georgii Buchanani, Poetæ celeber-
rimi. Icon Marci Alexandri Bodii, Poetæ cele-
bris. Icon Roberti Bodii de Trocho-Regiâ, The-
logi doctissimi. E e Articulus 202 202 Liber Quartus, ARTICULUS SECUNDUS
De rerum rariorum delineationibus. LIberLiber in quo habentur varii prospectus
Urbium, Ecclesiarum, Cœnobio-
rum & Arcium Scotiæ. A Book in
which are bound up, the Prospects of
several Towns, Churches, Abbies and
Castles, in Scotland, as they were
done at first by Mr. Sletzer. Muri Romani in Scotiâ delineatio. The
draught of the Roman Wall in Scot-
land, commonly called Grahames-
Dyke, with the Explication of it. Fibularum quarundam Veterum figuræ.
The figures of several ancient Fibulæ. Figura Aræ Veteris in Agro Ciphiano. Figura Castri Romani apud Villam de Air-
doch. The Figure of the Roman Camp,
hard by the Mannor of Airdoch.
There is an account of it in the De-
scription of Thule. Figura Ædiculæ ad Carrontem Amnem, quæ
Buchanano Templum Termini, dicta.
The Common People call it Arthur's
Inne or Ov'n. There is a description of
in in Buchanan, Rerum Scotiæ Hist.
lib. I. Figura 203 de Artificiosis rarioribus. 203 Figura Urnæ Sepulchralis. This was found
in Orknay, and a piece of it, with
some of the burnt Bones found in it,
were sent to me from thence. Figura Aræ repertæ apud Villam de Cra-
mond. The Altar is to be seen in the
Lairds Garden, there. Figura duorum Fragmentorum Columnæ
triumphalis. One of them hath a
Garland upon it; the other hath the
Roman Securis, upon each side. They
were found in Inglistons Ground in a
plain field, neer to which severall O-
belisks are to be seen, some erected, o-
thers lying on the ground. Figura Lapidis inscripti, in Turre de Cal-
der. Figura alte ius Lapidis inscripti, in novo
Ædificio ibid. Both these are to be
seen at Calder neer to Glasgow. Figura Lapidis inscripti, è muro Romano
desumpti. Figura alterius Lapidis, è muro Romano.
Both these were taken out of a building,
upon the Roman Wall in Scotland,
called Graham's-Dyke. E e 2 Articulus 204 204 Liber Quartus, ARTICULUS TERTIUS.
De Mappis Geographicis. EXEx hisce hic habentur Tabula Infularum Albionis Veteris, et Hiber-
nia, nuper emendata. I caused add to
this, the Names of some People, and
Places, from our Manuscripts, and
ancient Monuments. Tabula Nova Orcadum. This was done by
the Learned, and Ingenious Master
Wallace Minister at Kirkwall, in
Orkney. I caused cut it in Copper.
It hath the figure of some Ancient Mo-
numents engraven upon it. Tabula nova, Orcadum minor. A lesser
new map of the Orknay-Isles, done by
the Author of the former, with some
Monuments engraven upon it likewise:
I caused cut it too. And it is bound in
with the Description of the Isles of Or-
knay, done by Mr. James Wallace,
who was at great pains to make it very
exact. CAPUT 205 de Artificiosis rarioribus. 205 CAPUT TERTIUM.
De Monumentis antiquis rarioribus. ARTICULUS PRIMUS.
De Inscriptionibus Lapidum EXEx hisce hic servantur Variæ in hâc
Regione repertæ Inscriptio Lapidis in Turre de Calder. The
Inscription of the Stone placed in the
old Tower of Calder near to Glas-
gow, taken out of Grahames-dyke. IMP CAES TITO AELIO
HADRIANO ANTONINO AUG
PIO PP LEG II AUG PER
MP III DCLXVIS. Inscriptio alterius Lapidis. This was also
taken out of Grahames-dyke, and is
plac'd in the New Work at Calder
near Glasgow. LEG
II
AUG
REG Inscriptio 206 206 Liber Quartus, Inscriptio Aræ Romanæ apud Cramond MATRIB ALA
T E R V I S ET
MATRIB CAM
PESTRIB COH
TUNG P INS
VI- P COMINI
O LEG XXVV Inscriptio Columnæ triumphalis COS IIII
IMP. TP. PP PM
GERMANICUS The Emperours name is struck off, 'tis
like it was Domitianus, for as Sue-
tonius relateth in his Life, the Monu-
ments of him were defaced by a Decree
of the Senate, and it was under him
that Julius Agricola was Governour,
and first, penetrated this length, in this
Countrey Inscriptio in Rupe quâdam prope Urbem
de Stirling. An Inscription upon a
Rock near to Stirling IN EXCV AGIT LE
LEG Inscriptio 207 de Artificiosis rarioribus. 207 Inscriptio Lapidis è Muro Romano de-
sumpti. The Inscription of a Stone ta-
ken out of Grahames-dyke. I M P
CT AE HA
DRIANO ANT
NN. AVG. PI PP
VEX
LEG XX
V. V. EE
PP IIII CDXI Inscriptio Alterius Lapidis ex eodem Muro;
The Inscription of another Stone, taken
out of Grahames-dyke. MATRIBUS
MILITES
VEXILL IO
LEG XX. VI.
BRITTON
V. S. LPM. These Insriptions, with the Figures of the
Stones, upon which they are engraven,
may be seen in the Additions I gave, in
the last Edition of Cambden his Bri-
tannia in English, page 1101. ARTI- 208 208 Liber Quartus, ARTICLUS SECUNDUS.
De Fibulâ Romanâ. INIn hoc Scrinio servatur Fibula Romana Ænea. A Roman Fibu-
la of Brass, which hath been Enamel'd.
The Figure of it is given in here, and
marked before. This was found near
to Rossie, upon the North side of the
Ochill-hills. ARTICULUS TERTIUS.
De Nummis Romanis EXEx Nummis Romanis, quidam sunt
Ænei, quidam Argentei. Ex Æ-
neis, quidam Medii Æris, quidam
Minimi Æris. Ex Nummis Æne-
is, Medii Æris hic habentur Nummus Neronis
Icon Neronis Imperatoris, cum hâc
Inscriptione. Imp. Nero Cæsar Aug.
P. max. TR. P. PP. On the Re-
verse, A Victoria S. C. Nummus Trajani
Icon Trajani cum hâc Inscriptio-
ne. 209 de Artificiosis rarioribus. 209
ne. Imp. Trajano Aug. Ger. Dac.
PM. TR. P, Cos. V. PP. On
the Reverse Pax S. P. Q. R. Sena-
tus Populusque Romanus optimo
Principi S. C. Nummus Antonini Pii, cum hâc inscrip-
rione. Antoninus Au-
gustus pius, Pater Patriæ, tribuni-
tiæ potestatis. On the Reverse Dea
Salus. Consul quartum fenatus
Consulto. Nummus Juliæ Mammææ
Icon juliæ Mammææ, with this In-
scription,
Julia Mammæa Augusta, On the Re-
verse Venus stans. Veneri fœlici. EXEx nummis minimi æris hic servantur Urbs Roma. A Woman with an Hel-
met. On the Reverse Romulus and
Remus sucking a Wolfe. Claudius Gothicus Coronâ radiatâ, with
this Inscription Imp. Claud. Aug.
On the Reverse. Deus Genius,
with a Patina in one hand, and
a Cornucopia in the other, and a
Modius upon the head. Julius Crispus Nobilis Cæsar. On the Re-
verse. A Garland Vota Decenna-
F f lia 210 210 Liber Quartus,
lia Cæsarum nostrorum. Galienus Augustus Coronâ radiatâ. On the
Reverse. A Deer. Dianæ conser-
vatici Augusti. Ex Nummis Argenteis hic habentur Trajanus cum hâc Inscriptione.
Imp. Trajano Aug. Ger. Dac. P.
M. TR. P. On the Reverse. Ro-
ma Sedens with this Inscription. Cos.
V. PP. S. P. Q. R. Optimo prin-
cipi. Faustina; with this Inscription, Diva Fau-
stina. On the Reverse. Ceres stans
cum Face. With this Inscription.
Augusta. ARTICULUS QUARTUS.
De Calculis & Nummis Peregrinis. CAlculusCalculus; a Counter. A Man carying a
Bull, said to represent Milo. With this
Inscription Assiduitate & Tolerantia.
On the Reverse, A fail upon a Tortoise.
With this Inscription, Festina lentè. Hercules and Pallas. The Inscription Her-
cules & Pallas. On the Reverse, Two
Serpents linked, with a Caduceus,
and Olive branches. The Inscription,
Concordia Æterna. Num- 211 de Artificiosis rarioribus. 211 Nummus Argenteus Russicus. A small piece of
Russian Silver Coin, with a Russian
Inscription upon one side, and their Em-
perour on Horse-back, upon the other. Nummus Indicus Argenteus. The fourth
part of a Roupie, The Moguls Money
with Arabick Characters upon it. A string of the Indian Money called Wam-
pampeage; 'Tis described by Dr. Grew
Mus. Reg. pag. 370. CAPUT QUARTUM.
De Libris. LIbriLibri vel Manuscripti sunt, vet Impressi. ARTICULUS PRIMUS.
De Manuscriptis. LIbriLibri Manuscripti hic servantur Diffesa della fede Catolica contenutâ nel Li-
bro del potentissimo & serenissimo Gia-
jacop I. Re della Gran Bretagna &
d'Irlanda defenditore della Fede, in tre
libri compresa contra la Risposta di F. N.
Coissetau Dottore in Theologia, & Vi-
cario Generale de Frati Predicatori.
Di Pietro di Molino, Ministro della
F f 2 parolla
212 212 Liber Quartus,
parolla di Dio, nella Chiesa di Parigi.
Folio. Roberti Bodii à Trocho-Regiâ Apodyterium,
sive demigrantis Animæ Parasceve
anacletica cum supremâ Corporis
exuviarum apotaxi, quam Anno
Domini, 1605. Ætatis verò suæ
28. Calendis Septembris, hoc tu-
multuario literarum monumento
divinis Auspiciis consignare cœ-
pit. Folio. Prælectiones Theologicæ, ejus manu pro-
pria scriptæ in Epistolam ad
Ephesios; Sectionibus 52. Folio.
His Sermons in our Language. First Section. Folio. Second Section. Folio. Third Section. Folio. The Excellence of the Hebrew Language, in the
Antiquity, Preservation from Confusi-
on from the Beginning, and the Eter-
nal lasting of it in Heaven. Written
by John Weyms Preacher of the Gos-
pel, whereunto are subjoyned Additions
to the Christian Sacrifice. Quarto. Statuta Domini Gulielmi Mildamnii Militis,
Cancellarii Scacarii, & Regineæ
Majestatis à Secretis, quæ pro ad-
ministratione 213 de Artificiosis rarioribus. 213
ministratione Collegii Emanuelis ab
eo fundati, fancivit. Quarto. Memoria Balfouriana. The Memoirs of the
Remarkable Actions of Sir Andrew
Balfour Doctor of Medicine, for the
Advancement of Learning in this place.
Quarto. ARTICULUS SECUNDUS.
De Libris impressis. BIbliaBiblia Latina, Vulgatæ Versionis, cum
Indicibus. Literâ Nigiâ. Folio. Confessio Hieronymiana, ex omnibus
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